Volodymyr Zelensky will open the ball in Davos
The World Economic Forum, which opens Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, will feature the unprecedented presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
As the second “anniversary” of the Russian army’s invasion of his country approaches, Mr. Zelensky is traveling there in person for the first time this year to continue persuading his allies to support him in the face of a particular threat of fatigue.
The Ukrainian president, who in the previous two years had only spoken via video, will this time be at the official podium on Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. Further public appearances and bilateral meetings are planned on the sidelines of the official program.
National security advisors from more than eighty countries discussed in Davos on Sunday to find common ground for a peace formula in Ukraine. But Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, who co-chaired the talks, admitted that neither Kiev nor Moscow were yet willing to take the step.
After almost two years of war, Ukraine needs to remobilize its allies, especially in view of the emergence of new conflicts, especially in the Middle East: the war in Gaza and the insecurity in the Red Sea are particularly discussed in the debates in Davos this year.
“There is great uncertainty about aid from the United States and the European Union,” and Ukrainians are concerned that “the international community is being distracted by other conflicts,” Penny admitted Monday. Pritzker, special representative of the United States for the country's economic reconstruction.