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The National
31-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Latest: US special envoy Witkoff to meet Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
Arab nations back 2002 peace proposal at UN two-state solution conference Lebanon's President Aoun urges political parties to give up arms Israeli attack kills at least 15 people waiting for aid in central Gaza Canada and Malta plan to recognise Palestinian state At least 60,249 Palestinians killed and 147,089 wounded since Gaza war began
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zelenskyy slams Putin's "peace" ultimatum and Russian Church claims
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Russia's so-called peace proposal as a deliberately deal-breaking ultimatum and expressed scepticism about the Kremlin propaganda's claims about the Russian Church in Ukraine. Source: Zelenskyy's interview with US television channel Newsmax Quote: "How can we talk about protecting Russian-speaking people when the Russians have killed mostly in the east of Ukraine – where the majority of Russian-speaking Ukrainians lived? And how can they raise the issue of the Russian Church? Faith is a matter of personal choice. It's freedom. Yet Putin stands under the church bell and dictates how one should cross oneself. A person can choose to attend a church, mosque, synagogue, or elsewhere. It's the people's choice. And he demands respect for the Russian Church. On what grounds? This isn't even a state matter – it's a church matter." Details: Zelenskyy noted that Russia's "peace proposal" aligns with neither Ukraine's Constitution, nor its laws, nor international law, nor the will of Ukrainians. Quote: "What Russia offers is not a peace plan – it's an ultimatum crafted to ensure Ukraine could never comply. Let's be honest: Russia is the aggressor. They invaded us. So, this is a compromise where we're expected to negotiate with killers and agree to something. Ukraine has shown it's ready to do anything for peace – everything except surrender. Honestly, what is a ceasefire if not just a pause in fighting? Why should there be conditions for a ceasefire?" Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Reuters
05-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Qatar presents draft peace proposal to Congo and M23 rebels, source says
DOHA, June 5 (Reuters) - Qatar has presented a draft peace proposal to Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels after months of mediation in Doha, and the two sides will consult their leaders before resuming talks, a source briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Thursday. Fighting in eastern Congo escalated this year as M23 staged an advance that saw it seize the region's two largest cities. African leaders along with Doha and Washington are trying to broker a peace deal that would put an end to a conflict with roots in the Rwandan genocide more than three decades ago. Qatar successfully brokered a surprise meeting in March between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Both leaders called for a ceasefire after the meeting. In April Congo and M23 issued statements pledging to work towards peace, though sources in both camps expressed patience over the pace of the talks in Doha. "Negotiations between the AFC/M23 and the DRC government in Doha have entered a deeper phase, with both sides engaging on the core issues underlying the conflict," the source briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Thursday. But it was unclear there had been major breakthroughs. Congo says Rwanda is supporting M23 by sending troops and arms. Rwanda has long denied helping M23, saying its forces are acting in self defence against Congo's army and ethnic Hutu militiamen linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed around 1 million people, mostly ethnic Tutsis. The draft peace proposal is the result of more than two months of direct and indirect talks between M23 and Congo held in Doha and mediated by Qatar.
Russia Today
04-06-2025
- General
- Russia Today
Zelensky dismisses Russia's peace memorandum
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has refused to seriously consider Russia's latest peace proposal, dismissing it as an unacceptable 'ultimatum'. Russian and Ukrainian delegations exchanged their respective roadmaps for peace at their second meeting in a month, in Istanbul on Monday. In its proposal, Moscow proposed that Ukraine recognizes the loss of five of its former regions that joined Russia in public referendums, withdraws its forces from them, commit to neutrality, and limit its own military capabilities. Russia also floated a 'package proposal' for a ceasefire, in which Kiev would halt deploying its troops, suspend mobilisation, stop foreign weapons shipments, and hold a presidential election. Zelensky rejected the peace memorandum out of hand. 'This is an ultimatum, and it will not be taken seriously by the Ukrainian side… This memorandum is a misunderstanding,' he said on Wednesday. The Ukrainian leader claimed that any territorial concessions to Russia would contravene Ukraine's constitution. Russia's lead negotiator at the Istanbul talks, Vladimir Medinsky, defended the memorandum, describing it as an opportunity to end the conflict. 'This is not an ultimatum. It's a proposal that will truly allow for achieving real peace — or at least a ceasefire — and make a huge step towards achieving long-term peace,' he said. Zelensky also criticized the diplomatic process itself, saying, 'To continue diplomatic meetings in Istanbul at a level that decides nothing — it's meaningless.' Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, however, suggested that Zelensky dismissed the outcome of the talks because they were focused not on financial aid or weapons supplies, but on people. Zakharova was referring to Moscow and Kiev's agreement to carry the largest prisoner exchange to date, which is expected to take place this weekend and involved 1,200 people on each side.
Russia Today
02-06-2025
- General
- Russia Today
Russian memorandum on settlement of Ukraine conflict (FULL TEXT)
The Russian delegation presented its peace proposal to the Ukrainian side during the talks in Istanbul on Monday. Among the main points, Moscow's memorandum calls on Kiev to withdraw its troops from the former Ukrainian territories that have joined Russia and confirm its neutral and non-nuclear as of June 1, 2025 Key Parameters for a Definitive Settlement Commencement of complete withdrawal of the AFU and other Ukrainian paramilitary formations from the territory of the Russian Federation, including the DPR, LPR, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, and their pullback from the borders of the Russian Federation to a distance agreed upon by the Parties, in accordance with Provisions to be approved.
