LUCERNE (Switzerland), June 15 — World leaders headed to Switzerland today for a first summit on peace in Ukraine, after Vladimir Putin demanded Kyiv effectively surrender if it...
Ukraine ’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed by Switzerland’s Ambassador to Ukraine Felix Baumann and Deputy Head of Swiss Protocol Manuel Irman as he arrives at the Zurich airport June 14, 2024, ahead of the Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland. — Pool pic via AFPLUCERNE , June 15 — World leaders headed to Switzerland today for a first summit on peace in Ukraine , after Vladimir Putin demanded Kyiv effectively surrender if it ultimately wants negotiations with Moscow.
He said Moscow, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, would cease fire and begin peace talks “immediately” if Kyiv pulled its troops out of the east and south and gave up its Nato membership bid.Zelensky slammed Putin’s demands as a territorial “ultimatum” reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler, while Nato and the United States also immediately rejected the hardline conditions.
Leaders of the Group of Seven rich democracies said they would support Ukraine ”for as long as it takes”. Biden will not go from Italy to Switzerland, sending instead his Vice President Kamala Harris, while the other G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Italy are due to attend. Russia’s BRICS allies Brazil and South Africa are only sending an envoy, and India will be represented at the ministerial level, while China will not take part at all without Moscow’s presence.The summit is being held at the ultra-exclusive Burgenstock hotel complex perched high above Lake Lucerne in classic picture-postcard Swiss scenery.
“Kyiv and its backers will be hard pressed to get tangible results from the meeting... beyond reaffirmations of the UN Charter’s principles of territorial integrity.”Tomorrow, three topics will be discussed in detail in working groups: nuclear safety, freedom of navigation and food security, and humanitarian aspects. These will look at Black Sea shipping, prisoners of war, civilian detainees and deported children.
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