At the Security Council meeting on Ukraine, the UAE renewed its demand that efforts should be redoubled to achieve peace. Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations, said yesterday evening, “The international community must intensify its efforts to reduce tension and engage proactively to end the conflict in Ukraine,” stressing that “it is time to reach negotiations.” on the cease-fire in Ukraine. She indicated that if the conflict in Ukraine continues, “we must expect a flood of global repercussions that will lead to a further deterioration of the situation,” while the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threatened Russia, and announced at their Madrid summit,
Yesterday, Wednesday, the strengthening of the NATO military presence at Russia’s gates, and they declared that Russia is the most important and direct threat to the security of allies, while China constitutes a “challenge to the interests” and “security” of NATO countries, stressing that the “strategic partnership” between Beijing and Moscow threatens the international system, and for its part. US President Joe Biden announced the strengthening of the US military presence in Europe, especially in the Baltic states, but Russia responded to the US president’s statements that it was “not afraid.” She also stressed that the Western allies “will not get the desired results.”
On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the termination of diplomatic relations with Syria, after it recognized the independence of the pro-Russian separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. “The relations between Ukraine and Syria have ended,” Zelensky said in a video via the Telegram application, adding that “the pressure of sanctions” on Damascus, an ally of Moscow, “will intensify.” (AFP)