Ukraine Peace Summit 2024: Powerful world leaders gathered in Switzerland endorsed Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity and the need for final talks with Russia to end the war, but how and when were key questions unresolved. The summit was held on 15-16 June 2024 in Burgenstock, Switzerland. Two years after the invasion of Ukraine, leaders and top officials from more than 90 countries spent the weekend in a Swiss mountain resort for a two-day summit dedicated to resolving the biggest European conflict since World War II. however, According to AFP, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the diplomatic “success” of the event, held without Russia, and said it opened the way for another peace summit with a view to ending the war with a just and lasting solution. But he told a closing press conference that “Russia and its leadership are not ready for a just peace. Russia can start negotiations with us tomorrow without any waiting. If they leave our legal sphere.”
“Achieving peace requires the participation and dialogue of all parties,” the summit’s final message said. Most of the countries participating in the summit supported this. It expressed a commitment to the “sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries, including Ukraine, within their internationally recognized borders” and added that any threat or use of nuclear weapons in war is “unacceptable” and that food security “must not be disarmed.” It also requested the full exchange of prisoners of war and the return to Ukraine of “all deported and illegally displaced children” and other illegally detained Ukrainian citizens. Attendees did not support joint dialogue with India, Saudi Arabia and countries. “The road ahead is long and challenging,” acknowledged Swiss President Viola Emhardt, who is hosting the summit, among countries that have not supported the United Arab Emirates.
Russia and its ally China refused to participate in this summit. On Friday, Putin demanded the effective surrender of Kiev as a basis for peace talks. He also asked Ukraine to withdraw its troops from its southern and eastern parts, but countries attending the summit largely rejected his demand. Yet the Kremlin insisted on Sunday that Ukraine should “reflect” on Putin’s demands given the military situation on the ground. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “It is only possible when a politician puts the interests of his country above his own and those of his masters that he will consider such a proposal. The current dynamics of the situation ahead allow us to “clearly show that Ukraine’s The situation continues to worsen. Russia claimed on Sunday that its troops had advanced on the front line and captured the village of Zagrin in southern Ukraine.
What is India’s attitude?
Pawan Kapoor, Secretary (West), Indian Ministry of External Affairs, represented India at the Switzerland-hosted Summit on Peace in Ukraine in Burgenstock on 15-16 June 2024. The Indian delegation participated in the opening and closing sessions of the summit. However, India has not associated itself with any communication or document emanating from this summit. The Indian side noted that India’s participation in the Summit and previous NSA/Political Director-level meetings based on the Ukraine Peace Formula is in line with our continued approach to facilitate a lasting and peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy. We believe that such a solution requires honest and practical engagement between both sides of the conflict. In this regard, India will engage with all stakeholders as well as both parties to contribute to all sincere efforts to bring about early and lasting peace.