An indicator of the exceptional importance of the Global Peace Summit is Russia's systemic work around the world to disrupt it.
This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba on June 3 at a press conference during the visit of Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna to Ukraine.
"Russia uses three types of counteraction. The first is discrediting the Peace Summit through sending letters, making public statements and addressing closed meetings, where Russia is trying to convince countries that the Summit is insignificant. The second one is Russia’s attempts to convince individual countries not to participate in the Summit at all. The third is its attempts to persuade countries that have confirmed their participation to come at the lowest possible level," the Minister said.
Dmytro Kuleba emphasized that Russia is most actively trying to influence the countries of Asia, Africa and South America. According to him, Ukrainian diplomacy works in all regions of the world and successfully counteracts Russia's destructive efforts.
The Foreign Minister emphasized that Ukraine, together with its partners, is setting a precedent for convening the Peace Summit not on the terms of the aggressor country or the intermediary country but on the terms of the UN Charter.
"President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are conducting active diplomacy in all corners and regions to rally the world behind the principles of the UN Charter and the principle of territorial integrity of states," the Minister said.
Dmytro Kuleba also noted that countries that defend the principles of the UN Charter are opposed to those countries that want to rewrite them to suit their interests and destroy the world in which nations coexist peacefully.
"When Russian border guards move buoys in Narva, when Russian cyberattacks take place in Europe, when terrorist attacks are planned and attempts are made to disrupt the Peace Summit, these are all components of one picture, one confrontation," the Foreign Minister emphasized.