Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland: leaders aim to pressure Putin to end the war • FRANCE 24

well let’s go to Switzerland next a peace Summit underway right now in the Swiss Resort above Lake lern aimed at in principle ending the war in Ukraine but with Russia the chief belligerent not there more realistic immediate goal seems to be to try to map out the first steps towards peace China another key player isn’t attending either but around 90 countries have sent highlevel delegations let’s bring in Gul CAG let’s go to our correspondent in ke G reading the room right now and looking at what’s going on has any anything significant happened so far how are you seeing this well all we’ve had so far really is been some bilateral meetings um between vadir zilinsky and guests who arrived earlier and then the ceremony of welcoming all the guests which was about an hour ago looking at the parade of um heads of state and heads of government arriving I actually came to the conclusion that the ukrainians are going to be able to call this a success because it is not often that you get 56 heads of state and government together in one place 30 other countries represented at ministerial level yes the Chinese uh snubbed it uh Indonesia has only sent an ambassador Brazil also only represented by its ambassador to Switzerland India though in the end did decide to take part at a lower level but set a high ranking foreign office official there from India and you’ve got um presidents from Africa um Ivory Coast Libya uh Kenya all represented at the highest level and South America in particular Javier M the Argentine President Vladimir zinski went to his inauguration in Argentina recently when he arrived there was a big hug between the two men um it was only um confirmed at the last minute that he would actually be able to make it and so all of this means that I think that although it’s fallen short of what they were hoping for the ukrainians because they really wanted Chinese participation they’re still going to be able to say it’s a success but what we’re hearing is that the communication that will be um announced tomorrow is still under preparation it’s not a done deal and there really going to be some tough negotiations tomorrow and a lot will depend on what the countries are all able to agree on it’s possible that not everyone will sign it you obviously don’t talk about success in terms of a plan towards peace but a success of perhaps the Optics of those who are there willing to hear out the ukrainians have been very clear that this is an inaugural Summit that this is a first step they’ve been dialing down their Ambitions in recent days as well placing the emphasis on the fact that they’re going to talk first of all about the least controversial aspect of Vladimir zelinsky’s peace plan which a return of Ukrainian prisoners and Ukrainian children who’ve been abducted nuclear safety three nuclear power plants in Ukraine are operational one is not operational and under Russian occupation huge fears about those and also food um exports making sure that Ukraine’s able to keep uh supplies flowing out um from its ports um those are likely to be things that people can agree on what’s more controversial is Vladimir zelinski’s insistence that all Russian forces must leave Ukraine and return to the 1991 borders and there his task is trying to convince a skeptical world that that is still a realistically achievable goal the ukrainians I believe think it is um I think though they probably will be prepared to negotiate at some point in the future going forward but definitely not on the basis of what Vladimir Putin announced yesterday which is Ukraine not just accepting Russian control over the parts of the country it um already controls but seeding significant amounts of more territory including huge cities like Zaria to Russia that’s absolutely obviously unacceptable Vladimir Putin also yesterday denied ever having tried to take KF which is obviously completely untrue so I think that Vladimir Putin’s statements yesterday actually probably helped the ukrainians in their argument that they were right not to invite Russia to this inaugural Summit because Russia’s clearly not prepared to negotiate at this stage on any kind of serious basis it’s interesting just finally g a number of delegations including India’s delegation talking um to press about you they’re not taking on all of these the 10-point plan of of Ukraine they are there to listen I think you mentioned one of the issues food security being big to them nuclear security and I think for Ukraine as well the idea of the return of children transferred from Ukraine to Russia you talk a little bit about it if if we talk again tomorrow once the communicate is out what would you predict to be perhaps the best hope the best takeaway for Ukraine from these two days oh this is a difficult question I’m I suppose that there are countries who will step forward and say they’re willing to mediate for the return of children and political prisoners already there have been successful mediation efforts in particular by the United Arab Emirates getting large numbers of um Russian and Ukrainian prisoners swapped and uh returned um in terms of the nuclear power I mean something that’s been muted at some point has been the possibility of sending blue helmets in to protect uh protect them um but I don’t know if that’s um likely to come out of this meeting I’m afraid I’m I’m I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with tomorrow as much as you are really good to talk to you as always G KAG our correspondent in ke

“The Ukrainians are going to me able to call this a success,” according to FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv Gulliver Cragg. Dozens of world leaders converged on a Swiss resort on Saturday to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged Ukraine.
#Ukraine #Switzerland #peace

🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen
🔴 LIVE – Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN

🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https://www.france24.com/en/

Like us on Facebook: https://f24.my/FBen
Follow us on X (Twitter): https://f24.my/Xen
Browse the news in pictures on Instagram: https://f24.my/IGen
Discover our TikTok videos: https://f24.my/TKen
Get the latest top stories on Telegram: https://f24.my/TGen

46 comments

  6. Absolutely insane.
    This Ukraine peace summit has no meaning. Irrelevant hypothetical.
    Ukraine parliament has passed law to ban all efforts to broker peace between two nations no negotiations for peace with PUTIN.
    So peace negotiations with WHOM. Only among themselves.

  7. A peace summit populated by war mongering nations escalating a forever war at every turn. No doubt this is another opportunity for Zelensky to extort more money from western tax payers.

  9. G7 please it wasn't Mr Putin that you need to pressure to end the war but rather your nursing baby Zelensky that you need to tell him that he and his country cannot join NATO simple.

  11. American citizen need to go for peaceful demonstration that Zelensky cannot join NATO. Right now that Russia has started station their weapons in Cuba who is going pay for that Americans so it time for Americans citizen to come and stop this Zelensky evil efforts playing President Biden

  12. This meeting is taking place in the world's most luxurious resort 🤩😍. I wish I was a delegate so that I can experience this luxury holiday! It's too expensive for me to afford on my own money 😢

  18. Let’s guess, Ukraine needs money to negotiate peace with Russia? This is no peace summit. It’s a fundraiser. 😂

  23. It's not a peace summit! They welcome and support the dictator who gave order to kidnap his own people to send them to the war zone by force! He closed the border and doesnt allow his people (exept for rich men and Zelensky's relatives and friends) to leave Ukraine! Most Ukrainians don't want to fight for Zelensky! So many Ukrainian men died trying to escape Ukraine, and so many died after the recruit officers beat them! And nobody is punished for the killings so far! That's why we Ukrainians hate him!!! And EU leaders are his accomlices if they support him and shake hands with him! They have no pity for simple Ukrainians!

  27. Ursula von der Leyen believes that it is necessary to fight until the last Ukrainian AND then rebuilding can begin. Black Rock is the name of the new country.Ursula von der Leyen believes that it is necessary to fight until the last Ukrainian AND then rebuilding can begin. Black Rock is the name of the new country.

  30. I’m sorry but this report is full of gaslighting 😢 They are trying to convince us this show is a success ?

  37. When slapping over 20 thousand sanctions on Russia and sending $200 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine are not helping to pressure Russia into something, one can be pretty certain that some "declaration" will.

  41. This will not be succeeded because US is there. US is delivering more arms to UKRAINE right now. Shame on US. Double Game

  42. This is futile since Kremlins absent in this supposedly peace summit. This is just another TALK SHOP and Photo Ops and Charade. Poor Zelensky still in slumber, not realising Ukraine is just another Pawn by NATO/West chess power play.

  44. You should look at “The New York Times”, they published in full the peace proposal from April 2022. You know, the one Ukraine refused to sign under pressure from Biden and Boris Johnson.

Leave a Reply