President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that Mexico is ready to help "in the search for points of approach" between the two sides
MEXICO, 31. July. / Mexico is only willing to contribute to initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine if both Kiev and Moscow participate. This was stated by the president of the country, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Monday.
"If both Russia and Ukraine agree to find a solution to achieve peace, we will participate. If the parties to the conflict agree and convene [conversations] for this purpose," he said at a press conference.
Lopez Obrador stressed that Mexico is ready to "help find points of contact" if "both countries" - Ukraine and Russia - participate. "We don't want this war to become a habit," the head of state added.
On the 29th In July, the Wall Street Journal quoted its sources with the statement that Saudi Arabia plans to go on the 5th and 6th. August in Jedda to hold peace talks on Ukraine. According to the newspaper, important representatives from 30 countries will participate in the meeting, but Russia is not on the list. Allegedly, the EU, Great Britain, Poland and South Africa have already confirmed their participation in the consultations, and Sullivan, the National Security Advisor to the US President, Jake is also expected to participate.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Russian president, said that Moscow will follow the planned peace meeting on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia, but its goals have yet to be understood. According to Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting in Saudi Arabia will be useful if it helps the West to understand that the so-called peace plan of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is a dead end.