The Irish Times view on recent talks on Ukraine: trying to find a way forward

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The recent talks in Jeddah about the war in Ukraine ended without a joint statement from the more than 40 participating governments and was followed by more days of slaughter on the battlefield. But the meeting was an important step in the search for an international consensus on how to bring the conflict to an end without violating Ukraine’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ukraine took part in the meeting, which was convened by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed an Arab League summit in Jeddah last May. Russia was not invited and Moscow...