Summit in Lviv – Erdogan and Guterres on peacekeeping mission in Ukraine – News

  • All troops around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at Zaporizhia are to be withdrawn – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized this demand after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish Head of State Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  • Following the meeting, Selenski also called for demilitarization again. Meanwhile, Erdogan warned of a nuclear catastrophe.

One does not want to experience a new Chernobyl, said Erdogan. Russia had announced before the meeting that it rejected a military-free zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.

At their meeting in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, Guterres, Zelensky and Erdogan spoke not only about the nuclear power plant but also about grain exports and the reconstruction of Ukraine. Turkey agreed to help rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure. The success of the negotiations through the grain agreement in July is “only the beginning” of a positive dynamic, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

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Turkish President Erodgan, Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Lviv (18.08.22)

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Erdogan reiterated his hope for a diplomatic solution. “I continue to believe that the war will eventually end at the negotiating table.” Selenski and Guterres also see it that way, Erdogan said, according to the Turkish presidential palace.

Ukraine: Peace talks only after Russian withdrawal

The war brought countless deaths, massive destruction and displacement, as well as dramatic human rights violations, Guterres said, according to the United Nations. “People need peace,” he warned.

Reconnaissance mission to bombed prison


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An international mission is to investigate an attack on the Olenivka prison camp near Donetsk, as Guterres announced. About 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the attack in late July. Kyiv blamed Russia for the mass murder, and research by foreign experts and the media also came to the same conclusion. Moscow, on the other hand, accused Ukrainian troops of shelling the prison camp.

The meeting in Lviv in the west of the country was an opportunity for the United Nations and Turkey to explore a negotiated solution with Ukraine. However, according to Ukrainian media reports, Zelensky made it clear that talks would only be possible after the Russian troops had withdrawn from the illegally occupied areas. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said nobody in Lviv urged Ukraine to make concessions to Russia. The Russian side was not represented at the summit.

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