China will not participate in the Peace Summit

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China will not participate in the Global Peace Summit to be held in June in Switzerland.

This was reported by Reuters with reference to four sources.

According to them, Beijing rejected the invitation because the conditions for participation were not met — the presence of both Ukraine and Russia at the conference.

China told diplomats this week that its terms include recognition of the conference by both Russia and Ukraine, equal participation by all parties and fair discussion of all proposals.

Peace Summit

Ukraine plans to hold the first inaugural Peace Summit in Switzerland in the spring. It will discuss, in particular, the Peace Formula to end the war. Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned against other countries imposing «any formats of negotiations» with Russia on Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the head of the President's Office, Andrii Yermak, said that representatives of Russia may be invited to the second summit, which will not take place in Europe, where «they will be presented with this [peace] plan — in case the one who currently represents the aggressor country, will really want to end this war.»

We will remind you that earlier the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine already has confirmation of participation in the Peace Summit from more than 80 countries, and also called on US President Joseph Biden and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping to join it.

The US confirmed its participation in the summit. However, it is not known who will represent the country.