The Ukraine Peace Summitwhich brought together nearly 60 world leaders and representatives of some ninety governments, ended this Sunday with a joint declaration calling for nuclear and maritime transit securityalthough thirteen leading countries in the developing world and partners of Russia in certain forums declined to sign the document.
Among these are Brazil, India and South Africa -which are part of Russia, China of the group of emerging economies, known as the BRICS-, in addition to Mexico.
They also did not join the final declaration Armenia, Bahrain, Indonesia, Slovakia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirateswhile 80 countries did sign the document, including the vast majority of countries in the European Union, United States, Japan, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.
At the end of the second leaders’ plenary session, held today, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the delegations for their participation and for understanding that “we are all interested in the fact that there is no danger from nuclear plants and other atomic facilities.”
“I am grateful that the participants in this conference understood this and the need to restore full security at the Zaporizhzhia plant, captured by Russia,” he added.
“I also thank each of you for supporting us in our efforts to ensure safe navigation and preserve the free flow of food”, highlighted the Ukrainian president.
“I want to emphasize that food security is vital, not just for countries in the Global South, but literally for every country in the world. “Any disruption in food markets is a direct path to the chaos that Russia wants,” Zelensky said.
