Urgent to Create Conditions for Russia-Ukraine Dialogue, Guinea-Bissau Foreign Minister Says
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in June that Russia would cease fire and start talks with Ukraine as soon as Kiev withdrew troops from Russia-controlled regions and abandoned plans to join NATO. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the proposal.
Guinea-Bissau believes it is urgent to create conditions for a dialogue between Russia and Ukraine to end the ongoing conflict, has discussed a peace proposal with China and Brazil, Guinea-Bissau Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Pinto Pereira told Sputnik.
"They [Russia, Ukraine] both have the responsibility to talk. Because today the problem is in Ukraine and Russia, but tomorrow it can be all of us," Pereira said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Guinea-Bissau believes the conflict can be resolved only through dialogue and political means, the minister said.
"We cannot waste time. It's urgent to create conditions for this dialogue between Russia and Ukraine," he said.
Pereira said that on the sidelines of the UNGA he had discussed peace initiatives with colleagues from China and Brazil, adding that there is also an African proposal for dialogue, which he hoped might yield some results in the future.
Earlier this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China, Brazil and other countries of the Global South intended to create an open "Friends of Peace" platform to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
