Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine. Russia, which launched and is continuing the war, won’t take part. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government didn’t want Russia involved, and the Swiss – aware of Moscow’s reservations about the talks – didn’t invite Russia.
The logo of the peace summit is pictured in Buergenstock, Switzerland , Thursday, June 13, 2024. A Ukraine peace simmit with over 90 delegations from all over the world will take place at the Buergenstock Resort on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16, 2024. A worker prepares the logo of the peace summit in Buergenstock, Switzerland , Thursday, June 13, 2024.
Several dozen attendees will be heads of state or government, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.President Joe Biden is scheduled to be at a campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles hosted by actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts on Saturday.
“Russia does not have a lot of allies in this particular situation,” said Keith Krause, a professor of international security studies at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. “It has a number of states that are susceptible to being pressured, and a few that actually wish to stand aside, from what they see as a northern, U.S.-Russia, NATO-Russia confrontation.”Naysayers have harrumphed that the peace “summit” will be short on substantial achievements toward peace without Russia.
Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said Ukrainian officials wanted countries that respect Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity to be invited. He said the basis of the talks should be athat Zelenskyy has presented, and he held out the possibility that Russia could be invited to a second such summit.
The plan includes ambitious calls, including the withdrawal of Russian troops from occupied Ukrainian territory, the cessation of hostilities and restoring Ukraine’s state borders with Russia, including Crimea. That is an unlikely outcome at this stage in this war, as Ukraine is unable to negotiate from a position of strength. Moscow’s army has the upper hand in manpower and firepower while Kyiv’s momentum has been stalled by delays in Western military supplies.
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