KYIV: Ukraine and its foreign partners could invite Russia to a future peace summit to discuss an end to Moscow’s two-year-old invasion on Kyiv’s terms, a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday.
Switzerland will host a summit to discuss a vision for peace by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which could be handed to Russia during a second meeting at a later date, said Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff.
“There can be a situation in which we together invite representatives of the Russian Federation, where they will be presented with the plan in case whoever is representing the aggressor country at that time will want to genuinely end this war and return to a just peace,” he said during a televised conference in Kyiv.
Zelensky first announced his peace formula at a November 2022 summit of the Group of 20 major economies. It calls for restoring Ukraine’s territorial integrity and a total withdrawal of Russian troops.
Kyiv has maintained that it would not speak with Moscow until all Russian troops have left Ukrainian territory.
The Kremlin has said there is no current basis for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and that Kyiv’s peace plan was absurd because it excluded Russia.
Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville,...
The Pentagon building in Arlington County, Virginia. — AFP FileWASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Thursday acknowledged in...
Representational image of flags of France and Japan. — APP FilePARIS: France and Japan agreed on Thursday to start...
Donald Trump. — AFP FileWASHINGTON: Donald Trump said he may not accept the 2024 election results in Wisconsin, a...
Britain's former Chancellor to the Exchequer Rishi Sunak reacts as he answers questions while taking part in a...