No Ukraine Peace Summit in India without Russia

It was reported earlier that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky had suggested India host the next “peace summit,” provided that New Delhi agreed to sign the communique of the first summit, which did not take Russia’s position into account

India will never agree to host the second “peace summit” on Ukraine without inclusion of Russia.

According to the sources, India will never agree to the Ukrainian initiative because it excludes Russia from the settlement process. It’s “too early to comment on specific modalities and pathways at this stage,” an Indian Foreign Ministry official told Bloomberg.

India’s Hindustan Times newspaper reported earlier that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky had suggested India host the next “peace summit,” provided that New Delhi agreed to sign the communique of the first summit, which did not take Russia’s position into account.

Imagine someone like Zelenskey trying to lay down terms and condition for India, a thing even Biden and Xi just cannot dream.

A partially attended Kiev-initiated conference on Ukraine was held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on June 15-16. However Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mexico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and the Vatican, just refused to sign the summit communique. The main reason for this was that Russia was not invited. Most UN delegates did not attend either.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the conference as a total failure as she argued that such “get-togethers” did nothing to bring a lasting peace.