After holding two previous summits in Denmark and Saudi Arabia earlier this year, Turkey is getting ready to host a third international meeting to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
National security advisers, including those from the US, will debate strategies for a peace agreement to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia during the conference, which Bloomberg predicts will take place in Istanbul this month.
One such plan comes from Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, who has put up a 10-point plan that includes the complete departure of the Russian troops from Ukraine, the restoration of international borders, as well as nuclear, energy, and food security.
Officials from Ukraine are also hoping to utilise the international gatherings as a springboard for organising a world summit to talk about the peace plan. Later in the year is when the envisioned summit is to take place.
In addition to considering Zelensky’s idea, Western allies are attempting to persuade non-aligned nations like Brazil and India to embrace the Ukrainian peace proposals.
The action is a part of a larger effort to secure support from the Global South, particularly China, for a peace agreement.
Representatives from China, India, and Brazil attended a comparable summit in Saudi Arabia in August, however it is unclear if Beijing officials will join the gathering in Istanbul.
The diplomatic initiative follows Ukraine’s gradual summer offensive, which resulted in intense combat in the country’s Zaporizhzhia region.
Fighting has also been intense in the Donbas region, and Ukraine has been stepping up its attacks far from the frontlines, including in Russian-controlled Crimea, where it struck the Black Sea Fleet’s command centre in September.
