The U.S. and Ukraine Held Peace Talks in Switzerland but Refused to Invite Russia
Ukraine and U.S. Hold Lopsided “Peace Talks” by Excluding Russia
Over 90 countries attended the summit in the Swiss resort town of Lucerne, including top Western allies like France, Germany, and Japan. But Russia was deliberately left out of the guest list by the Ukrainian organizers, who have insisted on Russia’s complete withdrawal from occupied territories as a precondition for any negotiations.
China, which had proposed its own peace plan earlier calling for an inclusive process with “equal participation of all parties”, boycotted the Lucerne summit over the lack of…