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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday described the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty signed in Washington as an “important achievement” for dialogue and diplomacy, principles India strongly supports.
In a post on X, Jaishankar said he spoke with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to congratulate him on the agreement reached at the White House peace summit on Friday, where leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a deal aimed at ending decades of conflict.
”Good to speak to Armenian FM @AraratMirzoyan. Congratulated him on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty reached in Washington DC. This is an important achievement for dialogue and diplomacy that India advocates,” Jaishankar said in the post.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska on August 15, to try to resolve the three-year conflict, despite warnings from Ukraine and Europe that Kyiv must be part of negotiations.
Announcing the summit on Friday, Trump said that “there’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both” Ukraine and Russia, without providing further details.
However, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said “Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier,” “Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine, are also decisions against peace. They will achieve nothing,” he said, adding that the war “cannot be ended without us, without Ukraine”.
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More ShortsZelensky also urged Ukraine’s allies to take “clear steps” towards achieving a sustainable peace, during a call with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
National security advisors from Kyiv’s allies – including the United States, EU nations and the UK were gathering in Britain on Saturday to align their views ahead of the Putin-Trump summit.
“It is truly important that the Russians do not succeed in deceiving anyone again,” Zelensky said after a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, without elaborating further.
Three rounds of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine this year have failed to bear fruit, and it remains unclear whether a summit could bring peace any closer as the warring sides’ positions are still far apart.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with millions forced to flee their homes.
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