Friday, May 19, 2023

Ukraine President Zelensky Arrives In Saudi Arabia To Attend Arab League Summit

 

Middle East Eye: Zelensky arrives in Saudi Arabia to attend Arab League summit 

 Ukrainian president joins summit, which will also be attended by Syria's Bashar al-Assad for the first time in over a decade 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday to attend the Arab League summit, according to a Saudi-owned broadcaster. 

He touched down in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on a French government plane, Al-Hadath TV reported. 

"Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a significant role and we are ready to take our cooperation to a new level," he tweeted after arrival. 

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WNU Editor: Many of these Arab states have warm ties to Russia. And while countries like Saudi Arabia will provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, they are not going to confront Moscow on the war. 

Update: Publicly lecturing and accusing Arab leaders, even if you are right, is not the way to go if you want to gain their support .... G7 summit: Zelensky accuses some Arab leaders of 'blind eye' to war ahead of Japan trip (BBC). More here .... Zelenskyy: Some Arab countries 'turning a blind eye' to Russian invasion of Ukraine (Euronews). See video below. 

 

Ukraine President Zelensky Arrives In Saudi Arabia To Attend Arab League Summit  

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits Saudi, seeks Arab League support for his people -- Reuters  

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy seeks Arab League support on Saudi visit -- Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s Zelensky in Saudi Arabia for Arab League summit -- Al-Monitor 

Zelensky arrives in Saudi Arabia for Arab League summit -- CNN

Zelensky attends Saudi-hosted Arab summit before heading to Japan for G7 -- Axios  

Why Zelensky Is Going to an Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia -- Time

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The face and mouthpiece of western Russophobia is on a global tour. The Man is a delusional crackpot.

Anonymous said...

Arabs like strong people. They like winners.

Assad survived. it is one reason he was invited back.

The Arabs will back Zelensky only, when he is a winning horse.

Right or wrong do not figure into it.

Anonymous said...

Totally crazy for him to speak to arabs like this. But it's all he knows. Idiot.

Anonymous said...

Also it lets them give the finger to unkle sam collectively