KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine and the entire world wants to see Russia take part in global forums aimed at ending the grinding conflict in Ukraine.
Leaders and top officials from more than 90 countries gathered at the Swiss resort of Burgenstock in June for a first peace summit, which Russia derided as a waste of time.
But Zelenskyy has recently indicated that Moscow should be represented at the second summit tentatively planned for this year, a change of approach after Kyiv explicitly excluded Moscow from the first high-level meeting.
“The majority of the world today says that Russia must be represented at the second summit, otherwise we will not achieve meaningful results,” Zelenskyy said.
“Since the whole world wants them to be at the table, we cannot be against it,” he told AFP and other French media during an interview Tuesday (Jul 31) in western Ukraine.