NEW DELHI: India is a ‘friend of the world’ and the global community expects it to contribute significantly in bringing peace to war-torn Ukraine, Swiss state secretary of foreign affairs Alexandre Fasel said on Friday as Switzerland prepares to host a major summit next month to end the conflict. The Swiss diplomat held wide-ranging talks...
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Switzerland conference on Ukraine futile without Russia, says Kremlin
The Kremlin said a planned summit that Switzerland hopes will pave the way for a peace process in Ukraine will be futile without the participation of Russia. Photo: Shutterstock 2 min read Last Updated : May 16 2024 | 1:47 PM IST The Kremlin said a planned summit that Switzerland hopes will pave the...
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Dozens of countries signing up for Ukraine peace summit, Switzerland says
BERLIN, Germany – Switzerland has had over 50 registrations from the more than 160 delegations the neutral country has invited to a summit next month that Bern hopes will pave the way for a peace process in Ukraine, President Viola Amherd said on Wednesday. Amherd, speaking at a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision, as Israel-Gaza war casts shadow over contest
Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest has been thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded over its military...
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Switzerland Invites India To Participate In Summit On Peace In Ukraine Next Month
Switzerland Invites India To Participate In Summit On Peace in Ukraine Bern: Switzerland has invited India to participate in the Summit on Peace in Ukraine next month. This is an effort by the Swiss, a traditionally neutral country, to end the two year long war between Russia and Ukraine. As the Swiss have said, the...
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Zelenskyy claims Russia seeking to ‘disrupt’ Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland | News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed Wednesday that Russia is seeking to “disrupt” the Global Peace Summit on his 10-point peace formula scheduled for June in Switzerland. “We have precise intelligence information –specific data — that Russia not only wants to disrupt the Peace Summit, but also has a specific plan, how to do it, how...
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Switzerland’s peace bid amid Russia-Ukraine war
With the Russia-Ukraine war in its third year, Switzerland will host a peace conference at Bürgenstock on June 15-16, immediately after the June 13-15 G7 Summit in Italy. Switzerland wants India to participate in the conference, to which some 120 countries will be invited at the level of Heads of State/ Government. It remains to...
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Ukraine peace summit organisers look to India to help shape agenda, discussions
NEW DELHI: The organisers of an upcoming conference on peace in Ukraine are looking to India to help shape the agenda for the meeting of the heads of state and government, including possible solutions to the conflict, people familiar with the matter said. Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request, the Swiss government this week announced...
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Putin boasts of strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, calls them “demilitarisation”
Vladimir Putin. Photo: Getty Images Vladimir Putin has boasted of Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities and called them “demilitarisation” at the meeting with Alexander Lukashenko, self-proclaimed President of Belarus. Source: Kremlin-aligned media outlets RIA Novosti, TASS Quote: “If everything is looped into solving the issues we have been talking about from the very...
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Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit in June, invites over 100 nations
Russia-Ukraine conflict | Photo: Reuters 2 min read Last Updated : Apr 11 2024 | 12:26 PM IST Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Thursday that Switzerland will host a high-level international conference in the month of June with more than 100 countries invited to help chart a path towards peace...
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Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit on June 15-16
The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference in June aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, it said on Wednesday, although Russia has made clear it will not take part in the initiative. Switzerland said in January it would host a peace summit at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and has since...
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Switzerland Announces Summit on Ukraine Peace Plan on June 15-16
Switzerland will host a high level conference on June 15-16 to consolidate global support for a peace formula advocated by Ukraine that would end the war with Russia. HT Image The aim of the gathering is to “create a common understanding” on how to achieve “a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine in accordance...
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