(ANSA-AFP) - BURGENSTOCK, JUN 17 - World leaders on Sunday
backed Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, and the
need for eventual talks with Russia on ending the war -- but
left the key questions of how and when unresolved. More than two
years after Russia invaded, leaders and top officials from more
than 90 states spent the weekend at a Swiss mountainside resort
for a two-day summit dedicated to resolving the largest European
conflict since World War II. Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky hailed the diplomatic "success" of the event, to which
Russia was not invited. The path was open for a second peace
summit, with a view to ending the war with a just and lasting
settlement, he added. "Russia and their leadership are not ready
for a just peace," Zelensky told the closing news conference.
"Russia can start negotiations with us even tomorrow without
waiting for anything -- if they leave our legal territories."
Moscow meanwhile doubled down on its demand for Kyiv's effective
surrender as a starting point for negotiations. (ANSA-AFP).
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