In U-turn, Kyiv Calls for Another Summit on Ukraine—With Russian Participation

Published on July 16, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a second international summit—to be held with the possible participation of Russia—later this year. “I think representatives of Russia should be at the second summit,” Mr. Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv on July 15. “I set a goal that, in November, we would have a fully ready plan.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded by saying the first peace summit, held last month in Switzerland, “was not a peace summit at all.” “So one must first understand what [Mr. Zelenskyy] has in mind,” Mr. Peskov said in broadcast remarks on July 16. The first international summit, held on June 15 and June 16 in the Swiss town of Burgenstock, was intended to raise support for the Ukrainian war effort....

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