Switzerland Invites More Than 160 States to Ukraine Conference
- Russia not invited ‘at this stage,’ foreign ministry says
- Meeting seeks to define common roadmap for peace process
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Switzerland has invited more than 160 countries to a planned conference on Ukraine’s peace blueprint but didn’t include Russia on the guest list.
Heads of state and government from the Group of Seven, the Group of 20, the European Union and the so-called BRICS bloc were invited to the gathering set to take place on June 15 and 16 near Lucerne, the ministry said on its website on Thursday. Russia stated “publicly that it has no interest in participating in this first summit” and wasn’t offered a place, according to the statement.