9:31 am: Riyadh also wants to mediate the conflict
Saudi Arabia will host a meeting on Ukraine from this Saturday, even if expectations remain limited as to the results of this umpteenth peace initiative.
Riyadh announced Friday evening the arrival of “security advisers from brotherly countries” to discuss the “Ukrainian crisis”, during this two-day meeting in Jeddah, on the Red Sea, without revealing the names of the participating states.
This meeting reflects, according to the official press agency SPA, the “readiness of the kingdom to exercise a mission of good offices to contribute to finding a solution which will lead to a permanent peace”. About 30 countries, without Russia, have been invited, according to diplomats informed of the preparations and who requested anonymity.