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The negation of President Vladimir Putin’s peace proposal by Western leaders at the international Ukraine peace summit in Burgenstock, Switzerland, has led the Kremlin to announce a future proposal that may involve a document detailing Ukraine’s surrender. The summit, which saw representation from nearly 100 countries, was criticized by Kremlin spokesperson Maria Zakharova for producing “zero results” and failing to inclusively engage countries from the Global South. Zakharova condemned the effort as a facade to conceal the West’s aggressive posture towards Russia, particularly through covert discussions on weapon deliveries to Kiev.
Zakharova lambasted the Zelensky peace formula, claiming it was portrayed by its American and Ukrainian authors as the sole basis for peace, dismissing the genuineness of Western intentions toward achieving peace in Ukraine. The absence of consensus among key nations such as Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, and the UAE, which refrained from signing the summit’s concluding statement, further emphasizes the international divide on the issue. Russia views the rejection of the summit’s outcomes as indicative of the West’s disinterest in peace, instead favoring continued confrontation and escalation with the aim of strategically defeating Russia.
In the lead-up to the summit, Putin had outlined conditions for ending the conflict, which included the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from annexed Eastern territories and Kiev’s abandonment of NATO membership aspirations. These conditions were dismissed by the summit’s leaders as propagandistic and equivalent to Ukraine’s complete capitulation. The Kremlin’s subsequent indication that a document on Ukraine’s surrender might be the next step reveals the deepening rift and the complex challenges in finding diplomatic resolutions. With both sides holding firm to their demands, the prospect of peace remains uncertain, highlighting the international community’s struggle to mediate an end to the conflict.
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