#Ukraine: Peace talk in Jeddah and Ankara & What is to be done? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
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🗓️ 11 August 2023
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#Ukraine: Peace talk in Jeddah and Ankara & What is to be done? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-saudi-talks-were-breakthrough-kyiv-has-more-offer-africa-than-2023-08-10/
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| 0:38.6 | Quentin Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Peace is a word that can be used casually, |
| 0:45.2 | but if it's in the voice of a leader of a nation that's involved in the conflict or |
| 0:51.0 | extremely vulnerable to the conflict, I listen. Mr. Erdogan of Turkey, a very strong leader |
| 0:58.4 | has said in these last hours that a new grain deal is advisable and he's going to work for it, |
| 1:04.6 | and perhaps the new grain deal can be the basis for a conversation about peace or ceasefire |
| 1:10.8 | or armistice at the same time. In these last days, Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi |
| 1:16.8 | Arabia, brought together 40 nations in Jeddah to talk about peace or the conditions for peace, |
| 1:23.0 | or at least moving in that direction. Also, attending was the People's Republic of China |
| 1:29.4 | representative. Russia was not invited for the other nations did attend. And at all, I offer you |
| 1:35.4 | Mohammed bin Salman, a recipe Erdogan. Their conversation is significant in that they're always |
| 1:41.6 | in the news. Shall I listen more keenly to their ideas? Is this credible what they're talking about? |
| 1:47.1 | Well, I think it is quite important because Russia has made such a strong play for what you might |
| 1:59.2 | call the non-aligned countries. But Turkey is, of course, formerly a member of NATO, but is |
| 2:06.0 | actually many ways non-aligned by now. And Russia has good relations with Saudi Arabia as well. |
| 2:13.0 | I mean, it was also of great significance, I think, that China attended, even though Russia was |
| 2:18.9 | not invited. And at some stage, it will be necessary to find neutral or semi-neutral intermediaries |
| 2:33.7 | who will be able to talk to the Russians and try to persuade them to make the reasonable |
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