Seeking support for peace summit - Ukraine president attends Shangri-La Dialogue to push for diplomacy


This handout photo taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on June 2, 2024 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) shaking hands with Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam during their meeting in Singapore on June 2, 2024. - AFP

UKRAINIAN President Volodomyr Zelenskyy told the Shangri-La Dialogue yesterday that diplomacy – in the form of a peace summit later this month – was the best way to end a “cruel war” that has killed thousands in his country since 2022.

In an address and question-and-answer session at the security conference in Singapore, Zelenskyy said 106 countries and organisations had signed on for the peace summit in Switzerland, but noted it was disappointing that some world leaders had not yet offered their support.

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