Ukraine is planning to hold the second Peace Summit with Russia before the US presidential election in November 2024.
Bloomberg writes about this, citing knowledgeable sources and a number of officials, Babel reports.
The main motivation of the Ukrainian side is to hold the summit before Donald Trump takes over the White House. He opposed the continuation of US military support for Ukraine and put forward his plan to force Kyiv to negotiate with Russia.
The topic of the first major contact with Russian officials could be nuclear safety and the return of abducted Ukrainian children. The second topic was discussed at the first meeting in Switzerland.
The Ukrainian side is willing to hold a summit, but Western officials say that any large-scale meetings should be carefully organized, have a clear purpose and predictable expectations. In addition, they doubt that a summit like the one in Switzerland, and with the participation of Russia, could be organized in such a short time.
The first Peace Summit, organized by Ukraine, was held in Switzerland on June 15-16. It was attended by 91 states and 8 international organizations. Due to Russia’s absence at the summit, some countries, including China, refused to send representatives to the meeting, as they considered it useless without the participation of “both sides of the conflict.”
