On December 17, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry rejected Belarus's initiative to have Minsk participate in future Moscow-Kiev peace talks.
A day earlier, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Yury Ambrazevich said that Minsk is eager to participate in future peace talks on Ukraine and that the final agreements should take into account Belarus' interests.
Noting that Minsk has taken steps to prevent the escalation of violence in Ukraine from the very beginning of the conflict, Ambrazevich stressed: "Belarus is more interested in resolving the conflict peacefully as soon as possible."
According to New Voice of Ukraine , Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi accused Belarus of being a party to the conflict in Ukraine with Russia, and expressed "surprise" at Minsk's idea.
On the same day, December 17, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis confirmed that the country is actively coordinating with the European Union (EU), the United States, Russia and the Group of Seven (G7) to organize the second peace conference on Ukraine.
Le Temps newspaper quoted Mr. Cassis as saying that signals from the US and President-elect Donald Trump "inspire cautious optimism".
Earlier, on June 15-16, 2024, Switzerland hosted a summit on Ukraine at the Burgenstock resort on the outskirts of Lucerne. Representatives from more than 90 countries attended the event, half of them from Europe.
Russia did not receive an invitation, but its Foreign Ministry said it would not attend the conference even if invited.
The joint statement after the conference called on Russia to return control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine, allow commercial access to ports on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and fully return prisoners of war.
Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) did not sign the final statement, while Iraq and Jordan withdrew their signatures.
Moscow has repeatedly stressed that Russia does not reject resolving the conflict with Ukraine through political and diplomatic means. Russian President Vladimir Putin has set preconditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine, including Kiev's withdrawal from Donbass and Novorossiya and abandoning plans to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Moscow also demanded that all Western sanctions be lifted and that Ukraine's non-aligned, nuclear-free status be guaranteed. However, Kiev rejected these conditions.
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