South American trade bloc snubs Zelensky — RT World News

South America’s Mercosur commerce bloc has declined a request by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to talk at its summit, host nation Paraguay stated on Wednesday, in response to the AFP information company.

Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay failed to achieve an settlement on whether or not to ask the Ukrainian chief, Deputy Overseas Minister, Raul Cano stated, albeit refusing to call the international locations that opposed the transfer.

“There was no consensus on such communication, that’s why the Ukrainian counterpart has already been knowledgeable that below present circumstances there are not any situations permitting to talk with the president of Ukraine within the Mercosur format,” the minister defined.

Earlier this month, Julio Cesar Arriola, Paraguay’s international minister, stated that Zelensky had talked with Mario Abdo Benitez, the nation’s president, on the cellphone and requested for the chance to deal with the upcoming Mercosur summit. Based on Arriola, Benitez promised to debate the matter along with his colleagues within the bloc.

Mercosur is an financial and political group that was established in 1991 to create a typical market and incentivize growth in South America.

After Russia attacked Ukraine in late February, Zelensky has addressed a slew of nationwide parliaments and main worldwide boards, together with NATO, the G7 and the UN in an effort to rally international locations to Kiev’s trigger and assist it battle off Moscow’s offensive.

Nonetheless, in late June, when the Ukrainian president took half in a digital assembly with the African Union, solely a handful of leaders reportedly tuned in to take heed to his speech. Following the convention name, the President of Senegal and African Union Chairperson, Macky Sall, indicated that Africa’s place of neutrality over the battle in Ukraine remained unchanged.

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