(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, OCT 23 - The European Union on
Wednesday urged leaders attending the BRICS summit in Russia to
tell President Vladimir Putin to "immediately end the war" in
Ukraine. Putin is hosting around 20 world leaders, including
from China, India, Turkey and Iran along with the United Nations
chief Antonio Guterres, in Russia. The meeting in the central
city of Kazan is the largest diplomatic gathering in Russia
since Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022 and is aimed at
showing Moscow has overcome Western attempts to isolate it. "We
trust that all participants of the summit in Kazan will use this
event to call on Putin once again to immediately end the war
against the Ukrainian people," EU spokesman Peter Stano said.
Putin -- who faces an arrest warrant from the International
Criminal Court -- told the summit a "multipolar world order" is
being formed. (ANSA-AFP).
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