Jean-Yves Ollivier, has described the mission’s goals as modest. How it started: The main organizer of this peace mission is non-profit Brazzaville Foundation based in Britain. Kyiv says its own plan, which envisages the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian land, must be the basis for any settlement of the war. The document states that the objective of the mission is “to promote the importance of peace and to encourage the parties to agree to a diplomacy-led process of negotiations”.Īccording to a framework document, those measures could include a Russian troop pull-back, removal of tactical nuclear weapons from Belarus, suspension of implementation of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant targeting Putin, and sanctions relief, it indicated.Ī cessation of hostilities agreement could follow and would need to be accompanied by negotiations between Russia and the West, the document stated. What documents say: The peace mission could propose a series of “confidence building measures” during initial efforts at mediation, according to a draft framework document. ![]() It clearly says its own peace plan, which envisages the withdrawal of Russian troops from all Ukrainian land, must be the basis for any settlement of the war. Ukraine wants to protect its territory from illegal encroachment. We know that Moscow has already annexed four regions in eastern and southern Ukraine as well as the Crimea peninsula, which it seized in 2014. A multipolar world must have relative peace and be more integrative, but Russia has partitioned the world.īackground: Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that he was still open to any contacts to discuss possible scenarios for and taking a resolution of the Ukraine conflict. This is absolutely different from the emerging multipolar world. Russians are soliciting for support for its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Globethrotting for Soviet-era friends, and to avoid isolation. But most of the African countries have claimed neutrality in the conflict, Moscow has long nurtured good political relations with the governments on the African continent. As well-known, Russia-Ukraine crisis as well as the sanctions have had an adverse effects on African economies and livelihoods. The African delegation had on their agenda to discuss the export of Ukrainian grain and Russian fertilizers. After the Soviet’s collapse in 1991, both as independent states have, in the first instance, legal claims to their individual territorial integrity and political sovereignty within the international law. Both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union. Russia referred to it as “special military opration” largely directed at “demilitarization” and “denazification” in neigbouring Ukraine. It was to seek a peaceful settlement of the conflict which began Februay 22, 2022. Reasons: The key aim of African peace mission primarily to propose “confidence-building measures” in order to facilitate peace between the two countries. Ramaphosa’s government has come under growing pressure from the United States because of its alleged support for Russia. Egypt, Senegal and Congo-Brazzaville have remained largely neutral. South Africa and Uganda are seen as leaning towards Russia, while Zambia and Comoros are closer to the West. One distinctive feature in all these is that Africans have different views on the conflict. Many African states have maintained a non-aligned position, but Washington says these African leaders must necessarily define the “true non-alignment” position. United Nations’ Resolutions: More than half of Africa’s 55 states voted in favor of United Nations resolutions condemning the invasion of Ukraine, while most of the rest abstained. In the run-up to his departure, Ramaphosa said that “the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is a grave situation that affects all of us in an interconnected world.” The high-ranking delegation went through Warsaw, Poland and then by train to Kiev and St. Egypt was represented by the country’s prime minister, President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Museveni was diagnosed with the coronavirus right before the trip, while his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso decided not to take part. The mission was also expected to include the leaders of Egypt, the Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The current Chairman of the African Union (AU) and President of the Union of Comoros Azali Assoumani President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall and President of the Republic of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema. ![]() The African peace mission on Russia-Ukraine crisis comprised four presidents: President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the Mediation Group.
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