China and Brazil on Friday pressed ahead with an effort to gather developing countries behind a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's dismissal of the initiative as serving Moscow's interests.

Platform is for peace and should be welcomed by the international community, says Chinese Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva touted his peace plan jointly developed with China at the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 24, despite the proposal already being dismissed as "destructive" by Ukraine.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday dismissed efforts by China and Brazil to end Russia's war in Ukraine, questioning why the pair were proposing an alternative to his own peace formula and warning: "You will not boost your power at Ukraine's expense."

Hungary will attend the Friends of Peace platform's foundation conference in New York, which is being organised by China and Brazil with the goal of launching negotiations to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible.

Seventeen countries attended a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly chaired by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Brazilian foreign policy adviser Celso Amorim.

Zelensky criticises China and Brazil in UN address, says forcing Ukraine to accept peace deal was akin to colonialism.

Beijing's top diplomat voices hope for convening global peace conference with 'fair discussion' of all proposals as US stays sceptical China and Brazil on Friday sought to advance their long-standing bid to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly,

Wang Yi held discussions with Celso Amorim, Brazil’s Chief Special Advisor to the President at the sidelines of the United Nations meeting. The platform is set to include China, Pakistan, and several other nations,