Russia does not attend the meeting and sets the conditions for negotiating peace as the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas and the south, and refusing to join NATO.
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, arrived this past Friday in Switzerland to participate starting today in his great peace initiative for the country, the so-called Global Peace Summit; “two days of talks between different nations, united despite everything with the common objective of bringing a just and lasting peace to Ukraine,” the president said.
The summit is marked by the expected absence of Russiawhich has completely rejected the Ukrainian peace plan by refusing to withdraw its forces and return to Ukraine sovereignty over the Ukrainian regions under its control, as kyiv demands. No Chinese representation will attend the summit either.near Moscow, which has been promoting its own peace initiative for months.
However, nearly a hundred countries and international organizations will attend the summit. The United States will be represented by the country’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, and the White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan. Together they will “reaffirm their support for the people of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression,” according to a statement from the White House.
The Swiss Government has stated that, among the specific points to be discussed, is the promotion of a consensus on a possible “peace framework” and the determination of a ‘road map’ on how to involve both Russia and Ukraine in the process.
Freedom of navigation in the Black Sea will also be discussed as well as a possible agreement to stop bombing of nuclear energy infrastructuresuch as the Zaporizhia power plant, the release of all prisoners and the return of the Ukrainian children who were taken to Russia, the origin of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in March 2023.
Putin’s conditions
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, for his part, yesterday set the conditions for peace in Ukraine, which must withdraw its troops from Donbas and the south of the country, and renounce plans to join NATO, after which the Kremlin would announce an immediate ceasefire and the beginning of negotiations to resolve the conflict.
Source: Eitb
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