The pinnacle of the Swiss Overseas Ministry, Ignazio Cassis, mentioned that there are a number of secret plans for resolving the Ukrainian battle. In whole, in keeping with him, about ten peace formulation have been developed. Within the West, the Zelenskyy system is taken into account the primary one; Russia is categorically in opposition to it. Moscow has its personal proposals, together with recognition of recent Russian territories and non-aligned standing for Ukraine.
There are about ten factors for resolving the battle in Ukraine, whereas a number of the plans are labeled, Swiss Minister Ignazio Cassis instructed reporters in New York, RIA Novosti studies.
“There are about ten peace plans in whole… Six or seven plans are public and others are nonetheless secret,” he mentioned.
Cassis added that the main focus of the West stays the ten-point peace system of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Switzerland will attempt to maintain a world assembly on Ukraine “by the summer time,” the minister added, talking on the UN Normal Meeting in New York. Bern agreed to this at Zelenskyy’s request in January. On the identical time, Kiev requested for a world summit based mostly on a peace system, and initially, Switzerland promised simply such a format. Now Cassis introduced merely a “high-level convention.”
“We should discover a real looking path to peace in Ukraine. Everyone knows {that a} main peace summit would require a number of steps,” the Swiss minister mentioned.
The objective of the longer term Swiss convention is to allow the events to “discover all concepts, analyze them, and discover widespread denominators as a way to attain peace step-by-step.” Cassis emphasised that the USA is enthusiastic about taking part. On the identical time, in keeping with him, Switzerland is within the participation of the BRICS nations, as a result of a convention of solely Western states “wouldn’t arouse a lot curiosity.”
“I wish to take this chance to ask all nations… to work collectively in direction of a standard objective… We are going to solely maintain this convention if we have now a broad strategy,” the diplomat promised.
Peace negotiations with Russia in keeping with any plan can be managed by the West, and never Ukraine itself, mentioned Alexey Chepa, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Worldwide Affairs. He added that he didn’t know concerning the secret formulation of the world.
“I don’t find out about any secret plans, as a result of they weren’t disclosed… Repeated proposals, for instance, from China or another nations weren’t accepted by the Ukrainian facet. Due to this fact, I don’t know what the Swiss might give you. In any case, different nations and different leaders are chargeable for all these peace negotiations, not Zelenskyy,” Chepa mentioned.
Primary peace plans for Ukraine
The EU considers Kyiv’s strategy to be the primary one. “There is just one peace plan for Ukraine – the Zelenskyy’s plan,” emphasised EU Overseas Affairs Consultant Josep Borrell within the spring of 2023.
The Ukrainian chief’s system consists of the whole withdrawal of Russian troops and the discharge of all captured and deported Ukrainians. On the identical time, Kiev is strongly against fixing the present entrance line and insists on returning Ukraine’s borders to the state of 1991 (amongst different issues, this means the return of Crimea to Ukraine).
“We are not looking for to repeat the Minsk agreements on one other a part of our territory; we don’t consider in newly frozen conflicts. We don’t consider in it and I don’t belief him [Russian President Vladimir Putin],” Zelenskyy mentioned the day earlier than in an interview with Fox Information.
The Ukrainian peace system additionally consists of broad definitions, reminiscent of “countering ecocide” (destruction of wildlife) or “returning justice.” On February 23, Zelenskyy clarified that Kyiv can be prepared to sit down down on the negotiating desk with Russia when it “prepares” and attracts up “a doc based mostly on its [Zelenskyy’s] peace system” backed by world assist.
Ukrainian Overseas Minister Dmitry Kuleba believes that an necessary step in direction of a settlement is exactly the convening of a summit based mostly on the peace system.
“Russia can’t ignore the voice of the world majority if all of us take a principled stance and act collectively,” he defined on the final UN Normal Meeting.
China has proposed its personal system for peace. A few of them coincided with the Ukrainian place. For instance, Beijing has emphasised the significance of nuclear security and referred to as for the protection of nuclear energy vegetation within the battle zone. On the identical time, China referred to as for an finish to “unilateral sanctions” that “solely create new issues.” Beijing additionally insists on abandoning the Chilly Struggle mentality and “makes an attempt by all events to pursue their very own safety on the expense of the safety of others.”
The West was skeptical about China’s concepts. Borrell referred to as his plan “merely a set of excellent needs,” and the pinnacle of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, urged to not overlook that Beijing initially “took Moscow’s facet.” NATO Secretary Normal Jens Stoltenberg has brazenly expressed the view that China can’t be trusted.
The Russian Federation Council, in flip, famous that Moscow has its personal system for peace. It lies in attaining the targets set by Putin – “demilitarization and denazification” of Ukraine.
“These are the goals of the operation, they haven’t modified. And what Mr. Zelenskyy is proposing just isn’t solely unrealistic, it would by no means be possible so long as Russia exists,” mentioned First Deputy Chairman of the Council Committee on Worldwide Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov added on February 21 that the “impartial, non-aligned and nuclear-free standing” of Ukraine needs to be secured. Kyiv should additionally “respect the rights and freedoms of residents” and acknowledge “new territorial realities.”