BRICS leaders not to attend the Sham conference on Ukraine in Switzerland
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Brazil, India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa will send delegated to the event
Leaders of BRICS nations specially invited to the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland will not attend it, according to the Swiss authorities.
Brazil, India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and South Africa will not be represented by their leaders although they will send delegated to the conference. Other BRICS nations like Russia and others either were not invited or turned down the invitation. So adding up these BRICS countries population wise what is left of the rest of the World ….nothing much. Adding the geographical area too leaves not much for the rest of the World.
So it is very clear that the Swiss conference on Ukraine conflict is total Sham and quite meaningless.
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said earlier that it had invited more than 160 delegations, including from the Group of Seven, Group of Twenty, and BRICS nations, to the conference on Ukraine in Burgenstock on June 15 and 16. Russia, according to Switzerland’s authorities, is not among those invited.
Later, the Swiss government said that eight organizations and 92 countries will take part in the conference and 57 of them will be represented by heads of state or government.
According to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a peace conference needs to be recognized by both Kiev and Moscow to be able to lead to peace in Ukraine
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed earlier that Russia would not be begging to be invited to the conference if it is unwelcome. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, this conference is a “road to nowhere.” Moscow, however, has repeatedly emphasized that it doesn’t reject the idea of a peaceful resolution of the conflict with Ukraine.