MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed a US proposal to end the war in Ukraine by phone on Monday, the Kremlin said.
“Vladimir Putin noted that these proposals, in the version in which we have reviewed them, are in line with the discussions at the Russian-American summit in Alaska and, in principle, can be used as the basis for a final peaceful settlement,” the Kremlin said, referring to an August meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump.
“The Russian side’s interest in a political and diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis was reaffirmed.”
Erdogan told Putin he was ready to support the process in every way and offered Istanbul — where the two sides held three rounds of peace talks earlier this year — as a venue, the Kremlin said.
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Putin and Erdogan discussed Ukraine peace plan by phone, Kremlin says
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Putin and Erdogan discussed Ukraine peace plan by phone, Kremlin says
- Erdogan told Putin he was ready to support the process in every way and offered Istanbul as a venue: Kremlin
Global leaders commit $1.9 billion to eradicate polio amid funding cuts
Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid significant funding cuts.
The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that includes the World Health Organization and the Gates Foundation, is expected to take a 30 percent cut in 2026 and has a funding gap of $1.7 billion up to 2029.
The shortfall is largely due to a global pullback from foreign aid, led by the US, which is withdrawing from the WHO, although its future funding for polio is not yet final. Other wealthy donor governments like Germany and the UK have also made cuts.
The GPEI partners, in response, plan to focus more on surveillance and vaccination in areas with a high risk of polio transmission.
“The new support pledged in Abu Dhabi will be instrumental in helping the GPEI reach all children in the final endemic countries and stop variant polio outbreaks around the world.” said Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
The pledging event, hosted by Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, will reduce the remaining resource gap for GPEI’s 2022 to 2029 strategy to $440 million.
Pledges were made from a diverse group of donors and countries, including $1.2 billion from the Gates Foundation and $450 million from Rotary International.
The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that includes the World Health Organization and the Gates Foundation, is expected to take a 30 percent cut in 2026 and has a funding gap of $1.7 billion up to 2029.
The shortfall is largely due to a global pullback from foreign aid, led by the US, which is withdrawing from the WHO, although its future funding for polio is not yet final. Other wealthy donor governments like Germany and the UK have also made cuts.
The GPEI partners, in response, plan to focus more on surveillance and vaccination in areas with a high risk of polio transmission.
“The new support pledged in Abu Dhabi will be instrumental in helping the GPEI reach all children in the final endemic countries and stop variant polio outbreaks around the world.” said Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
The pledging event, hosted by Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, will reduce the remaining resource gap for GPEI’s 2022 to 2029 strategy to $440 million.
Pledges were made from a diverse group of donors and countries, including $1.2 billion from the Gates Foundation and $450 million from Rotary International.
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