Russia tries to frustrate the Global Peace Summit, – Ukraine’s foreign minister
Source: Ukraine’s foreign ministry
On June 3, during a press briefing for the mass media the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, told about three ways in which Russia is trying to frustrate the Global Peace Summit.
Kuleba noted that Russia’s systematic work around the world to undermine the summit is an indicator of its exceptional importance.
The first way is discrediting of the Peace Summit through letters, public statements and closed meetings, in which Russia tries to convince countries of its insignificance.
The second includes attempts to convince individual countries not to participate in the summit at all.
The third way is to convince the countries that have confirmed their participation to come at the lowest possible level of representation.
Dmytro Kuleba emphasized that Russia is most actively trying to influence the countries of Asia, Africa and South America. According to him, the Ukrainian diplomacy works in all regions of the world and successfully counteracts the destructive activities of the Russian Federation.
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