With the efforts of Ukraine and the support of the international community, the Ukrainian Peace International Summit opened on Saturday (June 15) in a resort in the Swiss Alps. Leaders and representatives of nearly 100 countries gathered together to express their firm support for a peace plan proposed by Ukraine.
Almost all the Western leaders who had just attended the G7 Summit went to Switzerland to attend the meeting, including French President Makron, German Prime Minister Schultz, British Prime Minister Sunak, Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Kishida and EU leaders.
Summit Venue
In addition to Japan, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines and other Asian countries attended the meeting. Latin American countries such as Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador also sent people to participate. It is reported that India, Turkey and Hungary, which have good relations with Russia, will also send officials to attend the meeting.
Russia, which was not invited to the meeting, repeatedly said that the meeting was futile and a waste of time, while the invited Chinese government refused to attend the meeting because its preconditions for participation were not met.
Reuters quoted sources as saying that the meeting and the talks held on the sidelines of the meeting will focus on the spillover effects of the Russian Ukrainian war, such as food safety and nuclear safety, and a draft statement issued after the meeting identifying Russia as an aggressor.
Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke highly of the summit and stressed that the presence of so many countries demonstrated the success of the meeting. Zelensky also said that the agreement reached at the summit will become a part of Ukraine's peace process.
"Ukraine never asked for this war. This is a criminal aggression by Russia, and it is definitely not provoked aggression." When Zelensky spoke, Swiss President Viola Amherd stood side by side with him.
Amherd stressed that the conflict had caused "unimaginable suffering" and violated international law.
Miley and Zerensky
"Freezing Russia's war against Ukraine is not the answer, but a good recipe for future wars," said European Commission President Von Delain
The representative of Saudi Arabia called on Ukraine and the Russian Federation to make a "difficult compromise" to end the war.
The Japanese Prime Minister's speech clearly had another meaning: "Today is Ukraine, tomorrow may be East Asia."
German Prime Minister Schultz said: "An immediate ceasefire without serious negotiations and a road map to a just and lasting world will only legitimize Russia's occupation of Ukrainian land and lead to new frozen conflicts."
Austrian Prime Minister Nekhamer said: "As many countries as possible should put pressure on Moscow to agree to a real peace process. The West alone cannot do this."
A corner of the venue
Croatian Prime Minister Prenkovic said: "The world can be different. Croatian hopes to achieve peace, so that the victims do not have to surrender and leave their territory to the aggressors."
French President Makron: "All of us are committed to building a lasting peace. However, as has been said, such a peace cannot be Ukraine's surrender. Therefore, the premise of peace is to help Ukraine repel aggression."
The British Prime Minister said that Russia, unlike the participants in the summit, was not interested in real peace. Putin "launched a long-term diplomatic campaign against the summit and ordered all countries not to participate", because international law posed a threat to Russia.
On the eve of the summit, Russian President Putin said that as long as Kiev agreed never to apply for NATO membership and ceded the territory of the four Ukrainian states to Russia, the war could end immediately. But Putin's armistice proposal was immediately rejected by the Ukrainian government, which said it was totally demanding Kiev to "surrender".
According to a statement issued by the White House, Vice President Harris will announce that the United States will provide $1.5 billion in new assistance to Ukraine through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States State Department during his attendance at the summit and meeting with Zelensky.
Group photo of participants
When leaders of all countries took group photos, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau suddenly shouted "Glory to Ukraine", and the mood on the scene suddenly rose.
During the meeting, Zelensky and the President of Argentina had a lot of interaction, and the two star presidents obviously felt like friends at first sight.
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