Ukraine international minister urges ASEAN to cease Russian ‘starvation video games’

Ukraine is becoming a member of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and a parallel East Asian Summit for the primary time. Leaders of the USA, Japan, South Korea and Australia are amongst these additionally attending, as is Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Kuleba mentioned Lavrov had not requested a gathering with him throughout the summit, as can be the norm in worldwide diplomacy.

“If he does we’ll totally contemplate his request,” he mentioned, including that Russia should strategy all negotiations in good religion.

“There may be not a single indicator that Russia is sincerely looking for negotiations,” he mentioned.

“Sitting down at a desk for a pleasant image, we have been there, we have finished it, we have tried.”

Kuleba mentioned he mentioned throughout conferences with Southeast Asian leaders methods through which they’ll assist Ukraine and conveyed that expressing neutrality and never condemning Russia was towards their pursuits.

“The worst factor {that a} nation can do is nothing,” he mentioned.