Russia: “We are not going to participate in the peace conference in Ukraine”

Russia will not participate in the new peace summit in Ukraine, the second after the summit held last month, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said today, state news agency RIA reported. Russia was not invited to the original summit in Switzerland, which was attended by representatives of 92 countries, and had said that discussing the war in its absence was a waste of time. Ukraine has said it wants to hold another such summit later this year, likely in the Global South, and that this time representatives from Russia could be invited. Galuzin, quoted by RIA, called the Ukrainian conditions for peace talks an “ultimatum” and that Moscow “is not going to participate in such summits.” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman was less categorical than Galuzin, saying there is currently “no concrete substance” to the idea of ​​a second summit. “For which ones […]
Source: News Beast

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