Selenskyj continues to collect pledges for peace summit
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd 2024, 21:30
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to collect pledges for the planned peace summit in Switzerland in mid-June. "Today I spoke with the heads of state and government of Chile, Albania, Austria and Mozambique," reported Zelenskyi in his video message on Wednesday evening. "Four more countries at the summit - I thank them." It is already known that Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) will be attending the meeting on behalf of Germany.
Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) from Austria will attend the meeting on June 15/16 near Lucerne, the Chancellery in Vienna confirmed. Nehammer called the conference an important step towards making peace possible again. What was needed was a "broad alliance of allies for peace, also outside the echo chambers of the EU".
The summit, organized by Switzerland at the request of Ukraine, is intended to mobilize more international support for the country attacked by Russia. Ukraine is hoping to convince neutral states or states in the south that are friendly with Russia of the correctness of its position. China in particular is being courted. The aim is to involve around 80 countries. This first step is not about negotiations with Russia; Moscow has not been invited and refuses to participate.
"Russian aggression has tried to turn the UN Charter into a museum piece," said Selensky in Kiev. "Our peace summit and the participation of leading politicians from all over the world can restore the UN Charter to full effectiveness and full protection for all nations." Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for two years. In addition to the Crimean peninsula annexed in 2014, Moscow has declared four other Ukrainian territories to be part of its territory.
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