G20 calls for “just” peace in Ukraine
The most important group of industrialized and developing countries (G20) called for a “just and lasting” peace in Ukraine. In accordance with the principles of the UN Charter, they are committed to realizing “just, comprehensive and lasting peace” in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the occupied Palestinian territories and Ukraine, said a statement adopted by participants at the G20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.
A few days ago, the US administration presented a plan to end the war in Ukraine, which largely accommodated Russia’s key demands and bypassed Kiev’s long-formulated red lines.
On Saturday, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) discussed the US plan, drawn up without European participation, with French head of state Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We are trying to make the US plan more workable based on previous discussions,” said an EU diplomat in Johannesburg.
Merz, along with Macron, Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Friday that any agreement affecting European countries, the European Union or NATO would require “the approval of European partners or allied consensus”.
The G20 summit will take place without America. US President Donald Trump canceled participation earlier this month and justified the move by alleged human rights abuses in South Africa.
AFP
