Ukraine in talks with countries interested in hosting second Peace Summit
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Kyiv has started negotiations with a number of countries that have expressed interest in holding the second Peace Summit.
Source: Zelenskyy said this following the first Peace Summit in Switzerland, European Pravda reports
Details: He said that "every step on the way to a just peace" attracted the attention of certain groups of Summit participants, as well as countries "that have not yet joined but are interested in peace".
Quote: "We already have countries that have expressed their interest in holding the second Peace Summit, and we have started negotiations with them," Zelenskyy said, without naming the list of such countries.
The president also said that the participating states agreed to continue working together on the points of the Peace Formula, in particular on the level of advisers and ministers of the participating states, as well as special meetings.
Quote: "Three challenges were analysed in detail at the first Peace Summit: nuclear security, food security and the release of our prisoners of war, as well as thousands and thousands of children abducted by the Russian Federation. And now, after the Summit, we have proposed and agreed to continue our joint work at the technical level," Zelenskyy said.
Background:
- In a joint communiqué, the participants of the Peace Summit underlined their determination to refrain from threatening or using force against any state's territorial integrity or political independence, as well as the principles of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity that all states, including Ukraine, live up to.
- The final declaration of the Global Peace Summit, held in Switzerland, was signed by 80 countries and four organisations.
- On the eve of the event, Switzerland rejected the final document of the Peace Summit, which could have had undesirable consequences for Ukraine – the decision's text was subsequently changed.
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