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Kiev dismisses Indonesia's 'strange' Ukraine peace plan

Saturday, 03 June 2023 4:18 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 03 June 2023 5:05 PM ]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov in Kiev, on February 3, 2022. (File photo by AFP)

Ukraine's defense minister has rejected a peace plan proposed by his Indonesian counterpart to end the war between Kiev and Moscow.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who was attending the two-day Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, dismissed the proposal suggested by Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, describing the peace plan as a "strange" and "Russian plan".

"It sounds like a Russian plan, not an Indonesian plan," Reznikov said. "We don't need this mediator coming to us (with) this strange plan."

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The Indonesian defense minister had suggested an "immediate cessation of hostilities," a ceasefire "at present positions," and demilitarized zones that would be guaranteed by peace observers from the United Nations peacekeeping forces.

The former army ex-special forces general also proposed holding a "referendum in the disputed areas" under the auspices of the UN.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo traveled to Kiev and Moscow and met the countries' leaders last year, while his country chaired the G20 bloc of major world economies.

In the meantime, the collective Western countries have been supplying Kiev with tens of billions of dollars in weapons and munitions, encouraging Ukrainian forces to continue to fight against Russian troops.

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