He will be in the same room as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, heavily backed by Russia in his country's civil war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DUBAI – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Jeddah on Friday to attend an Arab League summit, where Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, heavily backed by Russia in his country’s civil war, will also be present now that his regional isolation has ended.due to attend the Group of Seven leaders’ summit“Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a significant role, and we are ready to take our cooperation to a new level,” he tweeted shortly after arriving in Jeddah.
“Another priority is the protection of Ukraine’s Muslim community” in the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, he wrote. “Crimea was the first to suffer Russian occupation and most of those facing repression in occupied Crimea are Muslims,” he said.In 2022, Prince Mohammed won a diplomatic triumph whencaptured by Russia in Ukraine. The move was apparently made possible by his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Gulf states have tried to remain neutral in the Ukraine conflict, despite Western pressure on Gulf oil producers to help isolate Russia, a fellow member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies .over an Opec+ decision to cut oil production, seen as helping Russia refill its coffers by boosting prices.
Even though the October decision initially drew heavy criticism from the US and other Western countries, market dynamics since then have shown the cuts to be prudent. REUTERS, AFP
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