African Union 'blueticks' Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki has refused to give a positive answer to a request by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the African Union Heads of State summit.

Faki said Zelenskyy made a eenewed request on Thursday.

"I received a call from #Ukraine foreign minister @DymytroKuleba. He renewed a request from president Zelenskyy to address @_AfricanUnion Heads of State & his wish to develop closer ties with the AU. I insisted on the need for a peaceful solution to the conflict with #Russia." Tweeted Faki. 

I received a call from #Ukraine foreign minister @DymytroKuleba. He renewed a request from president Zelenskyy to address @_AfricanUnion Heads of State & his wish to develop closer ties with the AU. I insisted on the need for a peaceful solution to the conflict with #Russia.

— Moussa Faki Mahamat (@AUC_MoussaFaki) April 28, 2022

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy and Russia's President Vladimir Putin have confirmed that they will attend the G20 summit to be held in Bali in November, according to Indonesia's President Joko Widodo.

Widodo, the current chairman of the G20 group, made the remarks in a televised statement on Friday in which he said that he had telephone conversations this week with Zelenskyy and Putin.