“Ukraine does not want a war lasting years” – with a view to the second peace summit

A detailed action plan must be drawn up that can be discussed at Ukraine’s second peace summit in the coming months, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists in Brussels on June 27, Ukrinform reported.

Such a plan, according to Zelensky, must include steps related to “all crises” caused by Russia’s large-scale invasion.

Switzerland hosted the global peace summit with Ukraine on 15 and 16 June, attended by over 90 countries and organisations. On 16 June, 78 states and four organisations signed the joint final communiqué of the peace summit. Nine other states joined the document after the event.

Kyiv plans to host a second global peace summit before the end of 2024. Kyiv hopes to develop a new joint peace plan based on Zelensky’s ten-point peace proposal, but is open to opinions from other countries.

“We do not have much time. We have many injured and dead, both among the soldiers and among the civilian population. So we do not want this war to continue for years. That is why we must prepare this plan and put it on the table at the second peace summit,” said Zelensky.

Ukraine wants open talks, the president added.

Participating countries whose absence from the list of signatories is conspicuous include India, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Colombia, South Africa, Thailand, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates.

China declined to participate due to Russia’s absence, and on June 13, reports emerged that Beijing was pushing ahead with its alternative peace plan.

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