Scholz calls for renewed peace efforts in Ukraine

2024-09-08 21:43:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Scholz calls for renewed peace efforts in Ukraine
Volodomyr Zelensky dhe Olaf Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for renewed efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, saying he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been in talks that a new peace conference would be needed to include Russia.

"I believe now is the time to discuss how to achieve peace from this state of war, at a faster pace," Scholz said in an interview with ZDF broadcaster.

Scholz is under pressure at home after all three centre-left coalition parties suffered painful losses in regional elections a week ago, while groups seeking better relations with Moscow won more votes.

The nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the new BSW party, which oppose military support for Ukraine in its fight against The Russian invasion, scored record highs in the election.

Zelensky said in July he intends to have a plan ready by November so that Kiev will be able to host the second international peace summit in Ukraine, adding that representatives from Russia should also attend.

At the first summit on Peace in Ukraine, held on June 15-16 in Switzerland, senior officials from more than 90 countries called for Ukraine's "territorial integrity" to be the foundation of any peace agreement to end russia's war.

Russia was not invited to the summit and called it a "waste of time."

The war in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the war a "special military operation" to demilitarize Ukraine.

The West has responded to Russia, hitting the country's economy with harsh sanctions.

Thousands of people have died as a result of the war and millions more have been displaced from their homes.


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