More than 80 delegations from around the world took part at a conference in Davos dedicated to Ukraine’s proposals for achieving lasting peaceetc. Zelensky’s peace formula.
Agreeing on the basic principles of a peaceful solution at such a broad level could help bring Russia to the negotiating table one day, it said on Sunday Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis. He also insisted that China join the talks.
Among the most senior political figures expected to attend Davos are Chinese Premier Li Qiang and French President Emmanuel Macronbut both were not part of the Ukraine conference.
According to Cassis, China, which did not take part in the first conference, should also get involved as much as possible. However, the foreign minister of Switzerland considers it a positive and encouraging fact that the countries of the BRICS group and emerging economies such as Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa are keeping channels of communication open with Moscow.
The more countries involved, not only from the West but from around the world, the more likely a creative solution will be foundsaid Ignazio Cassis.
However, Switzerland notes that none of the countries is ready to make concessions yet. Therefore, there is still a long way to go, before a peaceful solution is found, and Ignazio Cassis warns that there is still much work to be done.
We recall that in the early months of the war, when a suitable mediator was still being sought for peace negotiations, Switzerland was among the possibilities as a country with neutral status and even expressed readiness for this to happen. Because of the financial and humanitarian support that Switzerland provides to Ukraine, as well as because of accession to Western sanctionsRussia rejected this prospect.
According to the statement of the Swiss Foreign Ministry published last week, the purpose of the conference is “to conclude the negotiations at the level of national security advisers on the principles for achieving a lasting and just peace in Ukraine.” This is the fourth such meeting organized under the 10-point peace formula proposed by Ukraine. Today Andriy Ermak stated at the openingthat the first five points have been discussed on previous occasions, and now the rest are to be discussed, among which are the withdrawal of Russian troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine.
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A conference started in Davos with the participation of about 80 countries
Ukraine relies on the implementation in the future at a major international forumwhere world leaders affirm the general principles of war settlement.
Representatives of Russia is traditionally absent from the meetinginsofar as Moscow does not recognize the Ukrainian peace formula, responding to it with the thesis of recognizing “the actual state of affairs’ and ‘realities’which also means the exclusion of the areas of Ukraine occupied by the Russian army, where the front lines are at the moment.
2024-01-14 16:14:12
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