Today, June 15, Swiss Federal Council member Viola Amgerd will open the two-day Global Peace Summit. The main topics of the event will be the Peace Formula, focused on nuclear and food security, as well as the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war and children abducted by Russia.
Participation in the summit will take representatives of 92 countries and 8 international organizations, of which 57 will be represented at the highest level. The Presidents of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Viola Amgerd of Switzerland plan to make a joint statement to journalists at 2:45 p.m. Kyiv time. After that, the summit participants are expected to arrive.
China declined to attend the summit, but Saudi Arabia confirmed its presence. Delegations from the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament, the OSCE, the United Nations, and the Organization of American States will also be represented at the summit. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will also attend the event.
The official ceremony of the meeting of the participants of the Global Peace Summit will begin at 17:30 Kyiv time, after which the first plenary session will take place.
The Global Peace Summit is a key event for the Ukrainian government aimed at gaining global support for its plan to achieve a just and sustainable peace in Ukraine.
The Global Peace Summit in Switzerland is expected to be an important event for the Ukrainian government, which is actively working to gain global support for its strategic vector to ensure a just and sustainable peace in the country. Expert Shelby Magid, deputy director of the Eurasian Center of the Atlantic Council, emphasizes that although the summit is not peace negotiations, it is a step in the direction of increasing support for Ukraine’s peace plan, even if not all its aspects will be considered.
The summit may also reflect broad international support for Ukraine among non-Western countries. Representatives of Russia will not participate in the summit. However, Viola Amgerd, the head of the Swiss government, believes that this measure will be an important step towards establishing peace in the region.
Also, the Government of Switzerland plans to end the summit with a final declaration, which “ideally” will be supported by all participants. Russia will not be present at the summit, but Amgerd is convinced that this event will be the “first step” to establishing a lasting peace.
We will remind that yesterday, June 14, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Switzerland to participate in the Global Peace Summit. He emphasized the importance of joint efforts with partners to end the war.
Russia also published a list of 430 Ukrainian servicemen who, according to its statement, are ready to return home under the condition of being exchanged for Russian servicemen. Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets called this step a provocation that happened even before the start of the Global Peace Summit.
