Photo: Zuzana Bönisch, Office of the President
The two-day peace summit on Ukraine held in Switzerland over the weekend was attended by 93 countries from around the world. Russia and China were notably absent. And the BRICS member states present failed to sign the joint declaration on the agreement reached. So how effective will it be in paving the ground for peace-talks and what was the Czech contribution to the debate?
The joint declaration, signed by 80 countries, reflected the basic agreements reached in the course of the two-day debate. Most importantly, it stated that the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine must be the basis for any future peace agreement. It called for the release of war prisoners and the return of all deported and displaced Ukrainian children, and further stressed that nuclear energy installations in Ukraine must be kept safe.
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Daniela Lazarová, Sources:Český rozhlas, Česká televize