Macron: Peace must not become a Ukrainian capitulation
A series of world leaders gave speeches on Saturday during the peace meeting for Ukraine in Switzerland.
All participating countries are determined to achieve lasting peace, French President Macron said, according to AFP.
- Such a peace must not mean Ukrainian capitulation. There is an attacker and a victim.
US Vice President Kamala Harris said the US stands behind efforts to reach a "just and lasting peace" and vowed to continue pressuring Russia economically, according to the AP.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested that the West was too afraid of Putin to help Ukraine defeat him, and warned that British support for Ukraine would last as long as needed, according to Sky News.
Freezing the conflict with occupation forces on Ukrainian soil is not an option, but a recipe for future war, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
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Zelenskyi: Will give Russia a peace proposal
Ukraine will present a peace proposal to Moscow once the international community has agreed on one. This is what President Zelensky says at the peace meeting in Switzerland, according to AFP.
- We must together determine what a just peace means for the world and how it can be achieved in a lasting way, then it will be communicated to Russia's representatives.
90 countries – but not Russia – are participating in the peace meeting. On Friday, Putin put forward his own peace proposal, which calls for Ukraine to hand over the four occupied regions and never join NATO, which was quickly dismissed by Ukraine and its allies.
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Saudi Arabia: Difficult compromises will be required
Credible peace talks on Ukraine will require Russian involvement and a willingness to compromise. This is what Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud says at the peace meeting in Switzerland, according to Reuters.
- We believe it is important that the international community encourages all steps towards serious negotiations, which will require difficult compromises as part of a framework for peace.
Saudi Arabia is seen as a top candidate to hold a potential follow-up peace conference after this weekend's summit.
En rad världsledare höll på lördagen anföranden under fredsmötet för Ukraina i Schweiz.
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The Russian invasion The peace negotiations
Meloni: Propaganda - asking Ukraine to withdraw from Ukraine
On Saturday, world leaders arrive in Switzerland to begin a summit on Ukraine. It takes place the day after Vladimir Putin launched a peace proposal which states that Ukraine must give up the four Russian-occupied regions.
At the end of the G7 meeting in Italy, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni dismissed his proposal as a "propaganda initiative", according to AFP.
- Telling Ukraine to withdraw from Ukraine does not seem to me to be a very effective negotiating bid.
Representatives of more than 90 countries are participating in the peace meeting, which is ongoing over the weekend. Hopes that China would participate, thereby more clearly underlining Russia's global isolation, were dashed, however.
Dutch supply Russians with Western brands
The 40-year-old Dutchman Wijnand Herinckx earns hundreds of millions of kroner by importing Western brands such as Nike and Lego to Russia, reports Reuters.
Moscow-based Herinckx and his 82 employees buy the goods through intermediaries with no apparent connection to Russia, and then import them via Turkey, among other places.
- What we do is pretty cool. We are proud of it, says Herinckx to the news agency.
He justifies his business by saying that he ran it before the invasion and that he has his family and his life in Russia.
Consumer goods are not covered by the sanctions. Nike and Lego have stopped selling their products on the Russian market, but companies in the gray market have contributed to the value of Nike products imported into Russia rising from SEK 223 million in 2022 to SEK 786 million last year.
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