Argentine President Javier Milei is not planning to attend the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16. At this time, he plans to stay in his country on the occasion of national holidays.
This is reported by La Nacion with reference to anonymous officials, Hromadske informs.
According to the publication, Javier Milea was invited to the summit by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. However, the Argentine leader decided to shorten his previously planned ten-day trip to Europe.
So Milei decided to split the trip into two parts to return to his country for national holidays: June 17, the National Day of Freedom of Latin America, commemorating the death of General Martin Miguel de Guemes, and June 20, Flag Day.
Due to these changes, he also canceled a bilateral meeting in France with Emmanuel Macron, which was scheduled to take place on June 19.
Global peace summit
On January 15, during a visit to Switzerland, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the two countries were beginning preparations for the Global Peace Summit at the level of leaders.
On April 10, it became known that the Global Peace Summit, initiated by Ukraine, would be held in Switzerland. The summit will be held on June 15-16 at the Burgenstock resort in the canton of Nidwalden near the city of Lucerne.
The key topic of the summit will be the Ukrainian formula for peace and ways to resolve the war unleashed by Russia.
So far, Ukraine has received confirmation of participation in the Summit from 107 countries and organizations. Ukraine invited all countries that support or do not support Ukraine. The goal is to hear everyone’s opinion to end the war.
The Summit will be a platform for dialogue on how to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
