Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Zelensky: we are ready to mediate

After Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman offered to broker a solution to the Ukrainian crisis on Thursday, in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Saudi news agency reported that the crown prince received another phone call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

During his conversation with Zelensky, Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he supported efforts to reduce the severity of the crisis. in Ukraine.

He returned and announced Saudi Arabia’s readiness to make mediation efforts.

Another contact with Putin

This came just hours after another call the Saudi Crown Prince received from Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which they discussed relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them. in various fields.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman also stressed the Kingdom’s declared position on the Ukrainian crisis and his support for efforts leading to a political solution that leads to its end and achieves security and stability, underlining that the Kingdom is ready to make efforts to mediate between all parties.

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As for the energy markets, the crown prince reiterated the Kingdom’s willingness to maintain the balance and stability of the oil market, noting the role of the OPEC Plus agreement in this and the importance of keeping it.

Also continuous battles and negotiations

The two contacts came as fighting continued between Russian and Ukrainian forces for the ninth consecutive day.

Meanwhile, Kiev and Moscow agreed on Thursday to establish humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians in the latter round of talks since the start of the Russian military operation last week.

The talks between the two delegations continue, taking place in the Polivskaya Pocha region of Brest on the border with Belarus, near Poland, after starting last Monday, when the two sides held their first meeting on February 28, which ended without progress. tangible, until they decided to hold a second meeting which ended yesterday, Thursday, and the third will be held early next week.

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International tensions and sanctions

Interestingly, the Russian military operation was launched on February 24 (2022), days after Moscow recognized the independence of the breakaway regions of Dugansk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, after months of mounting tensions between the Kremlin and the ‘West.

This prompted the European Union and the United States, as well as Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Japan and others to impose harsh and painful sanctions on the Russians, and led to the flow of Western weapons and military support into Kiev in order to face the Russian attack.

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