The peace conference on Ukraine, which brought together more than 90 countries on Saturday and Sunday in Switzerland, in the absence of Russia and China, produced “zero” results, the Kremlin estimated on Monday.
“If we talk about the results of this meeting, they are close to zero,” Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the press.
According to him, many of its participants understand “that any serious discussion has no future without the presence of Russia.”
The overwhelming majority of the more than 90 countries represented at the Bürgenstock summit in Switzerland agreed on Sunday that “dialogue between all parties” and respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity was the path to follow to end to the Ukrainian conflict, which has lasted since the launch of the Russian offensive in February 2022.
But neither Russia nor China were represented in Switzerland and the final communiqué did not receive the support of countries such as India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, considered close economic partners of Moscow.
“Open to dialogue”
According to Dmitri Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, remains “always open to dialogue and serious and substantial discussions.”
For his part, Vladimir Putin declared last Friday that he would negotiate with Ukraine in the event of withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the four regions he claims and when kyiv has given up joining NATO.
In the process, his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, rejected what he said was an “ultimatum”.
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