{"id":23348,"date":"2024-06-17T01:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=23348"},"modified":"2024-06-17T23:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T20:30:42","slug":"world-leaders-fail-to-achieve-breakthrough-at-ukraine-peace-summit-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/world-leaders-fail-to-achieve-breakthrough-at-ukraine-peace-summit-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"World leaders fail to achieve breakthrough at Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leaders and representatives from over 90 countries gathered in Lucerne, Switzerland to participate in the two-day-long Ukraine Peace Summit, which concluded on June 16, 2024. However, any hopes of a significant breakthrough were tempered by the notable absence of Russia, which dismissed the summit as “absurd” and pointless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, leaders from the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, and diplomats from several other countries joined the summit at the Swiss luxury B\u00fcrgenstock resort near Lucerne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ukraine Peace Summit focused on Kyiv\u2019s proposals for resolving the ongoing conflict, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leading the discussions. The Ukrainian government had worked actively for months to ensure attendance from countries that maintain positive relations with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several attendees navigated a delicate balancing act as they condemned Russia for violating international law while simultaneously hedging their positions to keep the possibility open for talks with Moscow and to participate in future peace talks that could eventually resolve the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


No agreements among attendees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 78 of the 90 countries present\u00a0signed the communiqu\u00e9 in favor of Ukraine\u2019s pre-2014 borders.\u00a0Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were among those who did not support the final communique<\/mark><\/a> that called for ending Russia’s war with efforts to achieve a \u201cjust and lasting peace\u201d that upholds Kyiv\u2019s territorial integrity. Brazil listed itself as an “observer,” of the summit and refrained from signing the final communique. China did not attend the summit, citing Moscow\u2019s exclusion from the talks. Russia was not invited.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today the world sees that real diplomacy is not just about words, it is about steps \u2013 steps that need to be taken to fix a situation.

We have begun to develop such steps, and this is the practical meaning of the Peace Summit. I hope that we can achieve results as soon as\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/GUs4LVzMPl<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) June 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>