Stating that he was honored to ask world leaders to the primary “Ukraine Peace Summit”, Amherd famous that the summit will likely be held within the city of Bürgenstock within the canton of Nidwalden in June.
“Let's develop dialogue primarily based on the United Nations Constitution in the direction of the trail to peace. International cooperation is the important thing to shaping a peaceable future,” Amherd mentioned. mentioned.
In line with the assertion made by the Swiss Ministry of Overseas Affairs, greater than 160 delegations from around the globe have been invited to the summit.
Within the assertion, it was said that the overall objective of the summit was to debate peace proposals primarily based on the UN Constitution and the essential rules of worldwide regulation and to encourage the peace course of in Ukraine sooner or later.
Within the “questions and solutions” part of the assertion, it was said that Russia was not invited to the summit at this stage, whereas “Switzerland has all the time been open to inviting Russia for this summit. Nonetheless, Russia has repeatedly said to the general public that it has no real interest in collaborating on this first summit.” “Switzerland believes that Russia must be concerned on this course of. A peace course of is unthinkable with out Russia.” It was mentioned.
The primary assertion relating to the summit was made on January 15.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who got here to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, for official contacts, met with Amherd on January 15.
Talking on the joint press convention held right here, Zelenskiy knowledgeable that they’d begin planning with Switzerland for the peace summit as of January 16.
Zelenskiy had famous that solely nations that help Ukraine's territorial integrity could be invited to the summit, that Russia wouldn’t participate within the talks, and that he hoped China would even be current.
