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by Evgenia Kondakova
[REGNUM] Last weekend, June 24-25, secret talks were held in Copenhagen on the situation in Ukraine. The preparation of this event became known on the 21st from sources in the British newspaper Financial Times.
According to the information available at the time, EU officials, as well as US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland , were going to discuss in an informal setting the principles that could form the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine. The peculiarity of the event is that the discussion was planned to be held with representatives of countries that did not stand under the banner of the West in the war against Russia - China, India, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa.
Oddly enough, Ukraine itself initiated the meeting in Copenhagen on a possible peaceful settlement, asking Western countries to organize it, media sources reported, later this fact was confirmed to journalists by an EU representative.
At the appointed time, at the appointed place, national security and political advisers from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Brazil, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the European Union gathered. As you can see from this list, there was no delegation from China. However, her participation was in question from the very beginning.
Following the meeting, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, who participated in the consultations on behalf of his country, published a general photo on the Telegram channel, but neither Sullivan, nor Nuland, nor the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, which, according to the agency Bloomberg was supposed to represent the EU.
Whether these three were present in Copenhagen is unknown. On the eve of the event, on June 23, journalists at a briefing asked John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, to confirm Sullivan's participation in the upcoming negotiations.
Kirby, however, shied away, saying only, "I don't have specific travel announcements for Mr. Sullivan. We have regular contacts of various kinds with the Ukrainians and our allies and partners in order to find a just peace and to discuss the principles of such a peace. [Sullivan] works closely with the Ukrainians almost every day, discussing various issues with them.”
“During the consultations, we once again told our international partners about the details of the “peace formula” of President Volodymyr Zelensky. I am convinced that it should be the basis for achieving a sustainable and just peace for Ukraine," Yermak wrote in his Telegram channel.
The "peace formula", presented by the Ukrainian leader at the December G20 summit, consists of ten points, including the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the withdrawal of Russian troops, the exchange of prisoners in the "all for all" format, radiation, nuclear, food and energy security, countering ecocide , preventing escalation, fixing the end of the conflict.
The Russian side emphasizes that this formula is actually aimed not at establishing peace, but at putting together an anti-Russian coalition. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, putting forward such ideas, Zelensky cherishes the illusion of achieving, with the help of the West, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Russian territories - from the Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the payment of reparations by Russia, and the appearance "with confession" in international tribunals. Of course, Russia will not talk to anyone on such terms.
According to Yermak, the meeting participants agreed to continue consultations in this format to organize a global peace summit, at which, according to Zelensky's idea, the formula he proposed for resolving the conflict should be discussed. Kyiv wants to gather as many countries as possible at this summit.
“I announced the venues that could become a possible venue for a global peace summit. First, I proposed Ukraine as the most desirable option for us. By the way, many countries have already expressed their readiness to host this summit, including such international venues as the UN General Assembly,” he added.
The current meeting in Copenhagen has become one of the links in the campaign launched by the West to fight for the hearts and minds of the countries of the Global South. As the Financial Times wrote in the context of the upcoming consultations in the Danish capital, the United States and Ukraine are worried that the conflict is dragging on, and the camp of Kyiv's allies is not expanding.
“We (Europe – ed.) are little aware of the extent to which the rest of the world is not convinced [of the need to support Ukraine]. They are not convinced. And realizing it is terrible,” a European official told the publication on condition of anonymity.
In order to gain the loyalty of as many countries as possible, the West has sharply increased its attention to the poor countries and developing countries of the Global South.
First, French President Emmanuel Macron suddenly expressed a desire to attend the BRICS summit, which will be held August 22-24 in Johannesburg, as a guest. The Russian Foreign Ministry declared the inappropriateness of such a visit and brought this position to South Africa as the organizer of the summit, but the last word will remain with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
And he, by the way, like many other world leaders, himself recently visited Macron, at the summit on a new global financial pact dedicated to the problems of poverty and climate change. Developed nations have pledged to increase funding for poor and developing countries that are hardest hit by global warming.
Some had their debts restructured right there, in Paris, on the sidelines of the summit, others were offered joint environmental projects. It would seem that this is a good deed, and what does the Ukrainian crisis have to do with solving such global problems as poverty and environmental damage? It turns out that the most immediate thing is that rich countries have not fulfilled their earlier obligations to finance programs to improve the quality of life in Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean, because they transferred money to Kiev as a priority, which they were repeatedly reproached with. And the Paris summit was supposed to reassure the third world countries that they are not forgotten, they are thought about, they will be helped.
For wealthier countries, the West had a different scenario. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken personally flew to Beijing on June 18-19, becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit China during the Joe Biden administration , and held talks with President Xi Jinping. Macron, by the way, also recently visited the Middle Kingdom.
And the next day, after the end of the US Secretary of State's trip to China, on June 20, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted in the United States with unprecedented honors. The situation in Ukraine was among the key topics of talks between the leaders of the two countries.
“India is a global player bringing security and stability to the world stage. We look forward to strengthening and strengthening this role ,” said John Kirby.
In the context of the Ukrainian crisis, the West is not only concerned about the refusal of many countries of the world, including the Global South, to impose sanctions against Russia, to condemn the implementation of the NWO, to boycott meetings with Russian officials and diplomats, to terminate contracts for the implementation of major projects, which neutralizes the effect of the restrictive measures of the US and the EU.
The West is also worried about their peacekeeping activity: only recently China, Brazil and a group of African states have come up with their own projects for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Moreover, these are not just lengthy proposals, but carefully worked out peace plans, which both Moscow and Kyiv are familiar with.
The Americans are ready to wage war to the last Ukrainian, if only to deplete Russia's resources as much as possible. And as the hostilities drag on and the cost of military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine increases, even among NATO members, fatigue from the burden that they are forced to bear is growing, and the desire to end this conflict is growing, and preferably at the negotiating table and quickly.
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