Cassis at Bürgenstock follow-up conference on Ukraine in Montreal
Published: Wednesday, Oct 30th 2024, 23:20
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Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis arrived in Montreal on Wednesday for the Ukraine follow-up conference. The ministerial conference in the eastern Canadian metropolis on the humanitarian aspects of the country attacked by Russia will last two days. The Swiss Foreign Minister also wants to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiha there.
Humanitarian aspects as part of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine were already a key topic at the Bürgenstock in Nidwalden in June of this year.
The Joint Communiqué of the Bürgenstock Conference, which 95 states and organizations have joined to date, called for the exchange of all prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine and the return of all deported children and political prisoners to Ukraine, as Cassis' Foreign Ministry (FDFA) recalls.
At Bürgenstock, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would host a follow-up conference focusing on humanitarian aspects.
Ukraine was invaded by Russian troops from the north, east and south at dawn on February 24, 2022 on the orders of President Vladimir Putin and has been defending itself against the invaders for more than two and a half years. Meanwhile, Russian President Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on a warrant for his arrest as a war criminal.
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