Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv is negotiating with countries ready to participate in the second peace summit, which is planned to be held in a few months.
"We have started negotiations with them. I am sure that the choice will have a global significance," Zelenskyy said.
The president also did not rule out Russia's participation in the upcoming summit, noting that the presence of the Russian Federation will mean that "they are ready to end the war." "Whether it (Russia. - ed) itself will want to do so, or it will be forced by the world community - it does not matter to us," Zelenskyy added.
The first peace summit on Ukraine was held for two days in Switzerland - in the resort of Bürgenstock near Lucerne. The conference was attended by representatives of 92 countries and eight intergovernmental organizations, including the OSCE, the EU Council, and the European Parliament. Russia was not invited to the event.
The final communiqué was supported by 80 countries and four organizations. The Global South and the BRICS members refused to sign the document. China did not participate.
The countries that signed the declaration, including the USA, the UK, the EU, Switzerland, and Turkey, demanded respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and reaffirmed their commitment to the UN declarations.
The participants also outlined a "common vision" on several aspects, including transferring control over the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant to Ukraine and the IAEA, preventing the use of food security for military purposes, an "all-for-all" exchange of prisoners of war, and the return of illegally removed civilians. However, the communiqué does not contain a clause from Zelenskyy's peace formula on the withdrawal of Russian troops.
