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Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit concludes without consensus on declaration

Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit concludes without consensus on declaration

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A two-day summit on peace in Ukraine was held in Switzerland, attended by over 90 countries and institutions. The event aimed to drum up support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's 10-point peace plan, which he hopes to submit to Russia once agreed upon. However, not all participants signed the final declaration, with key regional powers such as Brazil, India, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia failing to sign a joint communique. Russia was not invited to the summit and ridiculed it from afar, while China's decision to stay away ensured that Ukraine's goal of persuading major countries to join in isolating Russia would not be achieved.

Justin Trudeau
Liberal Party
1. The people who lost their lives, the families destroyed, they won't be able to bring them back. That's the most painful consequence of war: the human suffering. This illegal war by Russia needs to end.
2. When a just and sustainable peace comes, we will all be there to help Ukraine rebuild.
Gabriel Boric
Frente Amplio
1. This is about respect of international law and human rights as foundational principles of our living together. And this is applicable in Ukraine, in Gaza and in every other conflict in the world.
Ursula Von Der Leyen
European Commission
1. It was not a peace negotiation because [Russia's President Vladimir] Putin is not serious about ending the war, he's insisting on capitulation, he's insisting on ceding Ukrainian territory — even territory that today is not occupied.
2. We know that peace in Ukraine will not be achieved in one step, it will be a journey.
3. This high level attendance shows one thing. The world cares deeply about the war provoked by Russia's aggression.
4. We need to support a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace for Ukraine. One that restores Ukraine's sovereignty and its territorial integrity.
Olaf Scholz
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1. Many questions of peace and security will be discussed, but not the very biggest. That was always the plan.
Dmitry Medvedev
Russian Federal Security Service
1. None of the participants in the 'peace forum' knows what he is doing there and what his role is.
Dmytro Kuleba
Ukraine Foreign Ministry
1. But our position is very clear: We will not allow Russia to speak in the language of ultimatums like it is speaking now.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukraine Government
1. There is aid. There are serious packages. Is it enough to win? No. Is it late? Yes. Will there be strengthening of these packages? We are working on this. We are working on a daily basis.
2. I always say that Ukraine has only one enemy: Putin.
3. Ukraine never wanted this war, it's a criminal and absolutely unprovoked aggression of Russia. And the only one who wanted it was Putin.
4. The peace formula is inclusive, and we are happy to hear and work on all proposals, all ideas of what is really needed for peace and what is important to you dear friends.
5. We'll prove to everyone in the world that the UN Charter can be restored to full effectiveness.
6. We respect China and its territorial integrity, we want China to do the same for us.
7. We agreed to start to work in special after-summit groups on specific ideas, proposals and developments that can restore security in various aspects.
8. Russia can start the negotiations with us tomorrow, not waiting for anything, if they pull out from our legal territories.
9. China is a very serious, serious state, [and] serious economy that has political and economic influence on Russia. China truly has influence and I believe that China could help us.
10. I urge you to be as active as possible and I am proud all parts of the world, all continents are now represented at the peace summit.
11. Putin understands that there will be a peace summit. That most of the world is on the side of Ukraine, on the side of life. And on the eve of the summit, amid air raid sirens, people being killed and missile attacks, he seems to be talking about some kind of ultimatum.
12. We are responding to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine not only with a full-scale defence of human life, but also with full-scale diplomacy.
Kamala Harris
Democratic Party
1. He is not calling for negotiations, He is calling for surrender.