[1/3]Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the day of the Ukraine Southeast Europe Summit in Tirana, Albania, February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Vucic said “only constructive dialogue and diplomatic solutions can bring peace” and thanked Ukraine for being one of a handful of countries to refrain from recognising Kosovo.
DISCUSSIONS WITH REGIONAL LEADERS
In a post on Telegram, Zelenskiy said he discussed defence cooperation with Bosnia and with North Macedonia. He also discussed weapons supplies with Bosnia, which is divided into the Serb Republic and the Bosniak-Croat federation.
A joint declaration signed by 10 countries at the summit said their leaders were ready to take part in a Ukrainian-led peace summit in Switzerland this spring to discuss Zelenskiy’s vision of peace.
Zelenskiy’s diplomatic peace initiative envisions a Russian military withdrawal from all of Ukrainian territory, has not involved Russia in talks so far and been dismissed by Moscow as a non-starter.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Zelenskiy held talks and signed an Agreement on friendship and cooperation between Ukraine and Albania, the leaders said.
Zelenskiy told a news conference that every time weapons supplies to Ukraine were delayed, it was a “gift” to Russia’s Putin, an apparent allusion to the months-long impasse in the U.S. Congress over providing more assistance for Kyiv.
The other leaders reiterated their support for Kyiv in a joint declaration, saying they were ready “to participate in the post-war recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine in order to enable the Ukrainian people to rebuild their country.”
(This story has been refiled to fix a typo in the headline)
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Reporting by Dan Peleshchuk and Olena Harmash in Kyiv, Aleksandar Vasovic in Belgrade; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Mark Heinrich, Sharon Singleto, Ron Popeski and Jonathan Oatis
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