<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ukraine on Monday said it was "satisfied" with a summit held in Saudi Arabia over the weekend on a peace settlement to end fighting, to which Moscow was not invited.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Representatives from around 40 countries including China, India, the United States and Ukraine took part in the peace summit, which was held in Jeddah.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are very satisfied with the results of the summit," the head of Ukraine's presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The meeting in Saudi Arabia is a rehearsal for a world in which there is no place for savage aggression (by Russia)."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said there was an agreement on the next meeting, "but there are no exact dates" and said that "even more countries will participate".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said a Chinese representative was "present at all events."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"There is no reason to doubt that the principle 'Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine' is being disrupted," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Russia earlier said that a peace settlement was only possible if Kyiv put down its arms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Russia, which was not invited to the summit, said that a resolution was possible if Ukraine "stopped the hostilities and terrorist attacks" and if Western countries stopped arms supplies to Kyiv.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It also called on Ukraine to cede its occupied territories to Moscow.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The original foundations of Ukraine's sovereignty -- its neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status -- must be confirmed," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over a year into Moscow's campaign in Ukraine, Kyiv's forces were pressing ahead with their long-awaited offensive to retake occupied territory. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>