Zelenskiy meets heads of state in Singapore, seeks support for security summit

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy met heads of state and legislators in Singapore late on Saturday and early on Sunday, seeking security assistance and support for a peace summit after arriving for a surprise visit to the Shangri-La Dialogue.
On the social media platform X, Zelenskiy said he had met Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto; a delegation from the U.S. Congress; and the president of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta.
Zelenskiy said, “It is very important for us to begin the process of establishing a just peace. Russia does not want to end the war. Therefore, we must work together with the entire world to bring peace closer.”
He said Ramos-Horta had agreed to attend the summit, scheduled for mid-June in Switzerland. At last year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Prabowo had proposed an Indonesian plan for ending the war in Ukraine.
In an address to delegates on Sunday, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said his country had been careful not to support either Russia or Ukraine.