Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 14 that he had arrived in Switzerland ahead of a two-day peace conference at a mountain resort.
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| The Ukraine peace conference took place from June 15-16 near the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. (Source: swissinfo.ch) |
On social media platform X , Zelensky shared: "I am in Switzerland to attend the Global Peace Summit. There will be two days of active work with countries from all over the world , different nations but united by a common goal of bringing a just and lasting peace closer to Ukraine."
* Earlier, on June 14, the Swiss government announced that 100 delegations had confirmed their attendance at the Ukraine peace conference from June 15-16 near the city of Lucerne.
According to the statement, the delegations included representatives from 92 countries and 8 organizations.
* Also on June 14, the US Secretary of Defense rejected the Russian President's peace proposal. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "is not in a position" to make demands on Ukraine to end the conflict, while praising Kyiv's military successes in countering Moscow's large-scale military operation.
Speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels, the Pentagon leader stated: "He (President Putin) is not in a position to dictate to Ukraine what to do to achieve peace."
Meanwhile, the United Nations (UN) is calling for the military conflict in Ukraine not to become the “new normal.” On June 14, the UN Permanent Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine, Denise Brown, urged against “normalizing” the dire conditions currently faced by the Ukrainian people amid escalating conflict.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the Ukraine peace conference, Denise Brown said that Russian forces have increased the number of attacks on Ukraine's Kharkiv region, causing casualties and destroying critical infrastructure over the past two months. The UN official urged that this situation should not be considered the "new normal."
According to UN sources, the Russian army launched a new offensive on Kharkiv on May 10, capturing the town of Vovchansk and intensifying airstrikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest urban center.
On June 14, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq stated that the world's largest multilateral organization desires a peaceful solution to the Ukraine issue based on the UN Charter, relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly, and in accordance with international law.
Speaking at a press conference that same day when asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin's new peace proposal, spokesman Farhan Haq stated: "What we want to see in Ukraine is a peace based on the UN Charter, relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and adherence to international law."
Earlier that day, President Putin announced that Russia would immediately cease fire and be ready to negotiate with Ukraine after Kyiv withdrew its troops from the newly claimed Russian territories. Other conditions for negotiations included Ukraine officially abandoning its plans to join NATO, declaring neutrality, non-alignment, and denuclearization. The Ukrainian President's office rejected this peace proposal.
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