A text from Ukraine's forthcoming Global Peace Summit has for the first time opened the door to Russian involvement in talks, according to a draft document from the summit obtained by Bloomberg.
The initiative, first announced by Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy in April, is to be held in Switzerland on June 15, and hopes to attract 80 to 100 nations. However, Russia's participation in the event has so far been barred.
While the summit aims to lay the groundwork for involvement of representatives of Russia down the line, such steps can only be taken on the basis of the Ukrainian Peace Formula. However, Moscow has failed to accept that framework.
It's clear to most countries that peace-talks in the Russia-Ukraine war without Russian involvement seems like an exercise in the trivial. Such talks of peace can only progress when Russian and Ukrainian diplomats sit at the same negotiating table.