MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. The West's efforts to mobilize the global South to support Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's formula are doomed to failure, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS.
"[The meeting in Jeddah is] a reflection of the West's attempt to continue futile, doomed to failure efforts to mobilize the international community, or more precisely, the global South, even if not entirely, to support the so-called Zelensky formula, which is doomed and unworkable from the outset," he said.
At the same time, the West is thus trying "in its usual sly and deceitful manner" to induce the countries of the global South to support elements of Zelensky's ‘peace formula’.
On August 5-6, consultations on a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine are being held in Jeddah. The event is attended by representatives of more than 30 states, including Brazil, the UK, India, China, the United States, Turkey, South Africa and countries of the European Union. Russia was not invited.