Representatives from 92 international locations – together with a number of heads of state and authorities – and eight worldwide organizations gathered on June 15 and 16 at Bürgenstock, Switzerland, for a summit on peace in Ukraine. This follows 4 preliminary conferences which started in 2023, geared toward attaining “a peaceable answer in accordance with worldwide regulation and the UN Constitution” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Specializing in 4 themes – nuclear security and safety, freedom of navigation, meals safety and humanitarian considerations – the summit resulted in a joint communiqué signed by 78 contributors that reaffirms the “sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all states, together with Ukraine”, the dedication of contributors to “decision of disputes by peaceable means as rules of worldwide regulation” and to “undertake concrete steps sooner or later” to advance the themes of the convention.
Though he was not invited to the summit, Vladimir Putin exerted some affect by presenting a proposal the day earlier than that may successfully entail the unlawful annexation of 4 partially occupied areas in Ukraine, the nation’s disarmament and neutrality, and the lifting of Western sanctions. The Kremlin’s “outstretched hand” was in fact rejected.
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