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“This war is senseless as it has been brutal and completely unnecessary”.

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By Kenton X. Chance

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Dec 31, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr.   Ralph Gonsalves, has written to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian leader,  Volodymyr Zelensky and United States Presiden, Joe Biden calling for an end to the ongoing  war in Ukraine.

“I write in a quest for global peace, justice, security, prosperity for all humanity, grounded in the fundamental tenets of international law, the precepts of the Charter of the United Nations, and multilateral engagement,” Gonsalves said in his Deember 2 letter, that was also copied to the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres.

“I am making a humble plea for an honourable, negotiated end, immediately, to the war in Ukraine,” Gonsalves said in his letter, which was also copied to heads of state and government of members of the United Nations.

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