«Peace does not mean surrender, as Putin seems to suggest. Confusing peace with submission would be a dangerous precedent for everyone."
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks at the plenary of the peace summit in Switzerland organized by the Swiss federal government and the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky: «Italy – says Meloni – has always done its part and has no intention of turning its back but we must combine all our possible efforts to help Ukraine look to the future and that is what we did at the G7 under the Italian presidency." “We can build a lot after today's discussion,” he added.
Today's conference «presents support initiatives that dismantle certain narratives or propaganda : no one can doubt the three topics of global interest discussed today, such as nuclear and food safety or the human dimension, in particular the return of children to 'Ukraine".
« Defending Ukraine – he said again – means defending that system of rules that holds the international community together and protects every nation. If Ukraine could not count on our support and was therefore forced to surrender, we would not be here today to discuss the minimum conditions for negotiations . It would only be a matter of discussing the invasion of a sovereign state and we can all imagine the consequences."
The final statement
In the final communiqué, approved not by all the participants in the peace summit in Switzerland, the territorial integrity of Ukraine is "reaffirmed". “Dialogue between all parties is necessary to put an end to the war,” we read again, calling for the complete exchange of prisoners of war and the return of children deported from Russia.
Twelve countries out of 92 did not sign the final communiqué : Armenia, Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates. Brazil and the Vatican are also there, but in Burgenstock only as "observers".
