almost no one responded, ukraine canceled zelensky's meeting with latin american leaders
2024-09-19
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according to a report by rt on the 19th, brazil's folha de são paulo said on the 17th that the ukrainian government canceled president zelensky's plan to meet with latin american leaders because it was worried that it would turn into a "public relations disaster." the newspaper said that only a very small number of latin american leaders responded to ukraine's invitation and were willing to attend the event.
ukrainian president zelensky photo source: visual china
the report said ukraine had initially planned to hold the meeting during the un general assembly, which began on september 24. folha de são paulo pointed out that the event was intended to show latin american countries' symbolic support for ukraine during the russian-ukrainian conflict. after the invitation was sent out, due to the small number of confirmed participants, ukraine decided to modify the plan and the new idea was to try to hold a similar event in 2025.
the newspaper said that the ukrainian government sent an invitation to the leaders of latin american countries at the end of august and introduced the purpose of the meeting, saying that this would be a "suitable platform" for zelensky to personally provide "relevant and reliable information" on the russian-ukrainian conflict to the leaders of latin america and the caribbean, and would also involve the possibility of latin american countries participating in ukraine's post-war reconstruction.
in addition, ukraine also hopes to elevate its diplomatic relations with these countries to a new level during this meeting, and hopes to use this opportunity to gain support for zelensky's "peace plan". rt reported that ukraine put forward a series of requirements in this "peace plan" as a prerequisite for peace talks. russia rejected these requirements, calling them unacceptable.
folha de são paulo said that ukraine received very few responses confirming their attendance, including one from guatemalan president bernardo arevalo. in view of this, ukraine believes that the timing of the meeting is not appropriate and they must avoid any situation that could be interpreted as a lack of support for ukraine in international occasions. in addition to the guatemalan president, the newspaper did not disclose how many leaders of other countries have confirmed their attendance.
rt reported that since the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict in february 2022, ukraine has received stable support from the west, but many asian, african and south american countries, including india and brazil, have chosen to remain neutral and called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. recently, mexico's president-elect claudia sheinbaum told reporters that she would pursue a non-interference policy on the world stage and had no plans to make a state visit to ukraine. "seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict is the cornerstone of our foreign policy. this is our policy and it will not change," she said on the 18th.
