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A peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland, but Russia won't be taking part [View all]
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-switzerland-summit-peace-burgenstock-zelenskyy-5df2e62407ed50dc324965ad66e3f9ae(photos, links, at source)
A peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland, but Russia won’t be taking part
BY JAMEY KEATEN
Updated 4:17 AM EDT, June 14, 2024
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched the ongoing war, won’t take part.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government didn’t want Russia involved, and the Swiss — aware of Moscow’s reservations about the talks — didn’t invite Russia. The Swiss insist Russia must be involved at some point, and hope it will join the process one day. Ukrainians, too, are considering that possibility.
The conference, underpinned by elements of a 10-point peace formula presented by Zelenskyy in late 2022, is unlikely to produce major results and is seen as a largely symbolic effort on the part of Kyiv to rally the international community and project strength against its better armed and numbered adversary.
But the question looming over the summit will be how the two countries can move back from the brink and eventually silence the guns in a war that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and caused hundreds and thousands of deaths and injuries, without Moscow attending.
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Associated Press writers Samya Kullab in Kyiv, Ukraine; Aamer Madhani in Washington; and Jim Heintz in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.
BY JAMEY KEATEN
Updated 4:17 AM EDT, June 14, 2024
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched the ongoing war, won’t take part.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government didn’t want Russia involved, and the Swiss — aware of Moscow’s reservations about the talks — didn’t invite Russia. The Swiss insist Russia must be involved at some point, and hope it will join the process one day. Ukrainians, too, are considering that possibility.
The conference, underpinned by elements of a 10-point peace formula presented by Zelenskyy in late 2022, is unlikely to produce major results and is seen as a largely symbolic effort on the part of Kyiv to rally the international community and project strength against its better armed and numbered adversary.
But the question looming over the summit will be how the two countries can move back from the brink and eventually silence the guns in a war that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and caused hundreds and thousands of deaths and injuries, without Moscow attending.
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Associated Press writers Samya Kullab in Kyiv, Ukraine; Aamer Madhani in Washington; and Jim Heintz in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.
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