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"The “Summit on Peace in Ukraine”, hosted by Switzerland this weekend, is not a
peace conference in the usual sense. Russia, which has dismissed it as
irrelevant, won’t participate. And any summit aimed at ending the war can’t
produce a final settlement without Russia’s involvement.
Rather, the summit stems from a push by Ukraine to build wider support for “a
path towards a just and lasting peace in Ukraine”. Specifically, it wants to
build consensus around some basic principles for a future settlement.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ten-point “peace formula”, first set out in
November 2022, advocates some unobjectionable ideas. It also highlights the
damage Russia’s invasion has inflicted on Ukraine, along with the dangers
Russia poses to other countries.
The plan includes:
1. nuclear safety (underlining the risks posed by Russia’s occupation of the
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as well as Russian nuclear sabre-rattling)
2. food security (addressing the disruption of global food supplies caused by
the invasion and the need for freedom of navigation from Ukraine’s Black Sea
ports)
3. energy security (highlighting Russia’s attacks crippling Ukraine’s energy
infrastructure)
4. the release of all Ukrainian prisoners and return of Ukrainian children
deported to Russia (the subject of arrest warrants by the International
Criminal Court against President Vladimir Putin)
5. the restoration of Ukrainian territory to its pre-2014, internationally
recognised borders
6. the full withdrawal of Russian military forces
7. justice under international law, including a special tribunal to prosecute
alleged war crimes and compensation for damage caused to Ukraine
8. addressing environmental destruction caused by the war
9. security guarantees for Ukraine against future Russian aggression
10. a multilateral peace conference with a binding treaty to end the war."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
