Thematic conferences are currently being held on individual points of the peace formula.
Andrey Yermak
In fact, the list of countries and organizations that have joined the communiqué following the founding Peace Summit is expanding every month. Kyiv is seeking to have countries from the so-called Global South join it.
This topic was discussed by the President of Ukraine and the Prime Minister of India during his visit to Kyiv, said the head of the OPU Andriy Yermak at the forum “Ukraine 2024. Independence”. India itself has not yet signed it.
“India is one of the major players present at the summit, but did not join the communiqué,” he explained.
Work is already underway to organize thematic conferences that should finalize the work of the working groups after the meeting in Jeddi and develop specific steps to implement each of the points of the peace formula.
The first such conference took place on July 22 – it concerned energy security.
According to Yermak, next they should create a general plan for implementing President Zelensky's peace formula. This is the main condition for organizing the second summit, which will concern the implementation of the formula.
“We have preliminary interest from several countries that are ready to host this summit,” the head of the OPU said.
Peace Summit and Russia's Participation in It
- The President believes that Russia should take part in the second peace summit. According to him, a plan for holding the second summit will be developed by November.
- Russia was not present at the first summit, which took place on June 15-16 in Switzerland – Ukraine warned about its absence even before it took place. Kiev's position was not to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia, since this country has repeatedly refused to fulfill its promises. Ukraine and a large number of its like-minded partners must create a plan for implementing the Ukrainian peace formula, which should ultimately lead to the end of the war. One of the points of this formula speaks of the need to restore Ukraine's borders to the 1991 level.
- The President's Office assured that there would be no direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia within the framework of the peace summit. The idea is for third countries to act as negotiators, like the 2022 grain agreement.
