Message of support to Ukraine and in achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, in accordance with International Law and the Charter of the United Nationsconstitutes the participation of the Prime Minister – as well as the majority of EU heads of state and government. – at Conference on Peace in Ukraine taking place in Burgenstock, Switzerland today June 15 and tomorrow June 16, government sources say.

The aim of the Conference, which is co-organized by Switzerland and Ukraine and picks up the thread from corresponding discussions and meetings that have already taken place in the previous months, is the dialogue on ways to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with International Law, promoting a common understanding of the framework for achieving this goal and defining a road map for the engagement of both parties in a future peace process.

The Conference focuses on three themes: a) food security and freedom of navigation, b) nuclear security c) human dimension (release of prisoners of war and abducted children), which are based on the “Peace Formula” (ten-point plan) presented by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ton November 2022.

With regard to food security, an issue with significant international ramifications, which he has repeatedly underlined Kyriakos Mitsotakis, it is recalled that during his visit to Odessa the Prime Minister had emphasized the importance of both the historic city and the main export port to Europe and the worldas well as conservation open navigation channel so that Ukraine can export its products, the same government sources point out.

Heads and representatives of states and governments from 90 countries will participate in the Conference. Among them, the majority of EU heads of state and government will “attend” Burgenstock, just 24 hours before the meeting of the informal European Council that will take place next Monday afternoon in Brussels and in which the leaders will discuss the outcome of the European elections and the persons who will take over the leadership of the European institutions in the next five years.

Also present in Burgenstock will be the President of the European Council Charles Michel, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metzola.

The Conference without Moscow and Beijing

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes the Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland will result in “something that will bring us closer to peace”. For the Ukrainian president, the mere fact that the Conference will take place with the participation of 90 countries and organizations is a success, reports DW.

Ahead of the Conference in Switzerland, Chancellor Soltz said: “Perhaps a way will be found on the basis of which to start a process, in which Russia will one day participate, when the time is ripe. But this will be decided exclusively by Ukraine.”

The Conference in Switzerland will take place without Moscow and Beijing, despite Germany’s efforts for a Chinese participation. Issues such as the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, securing Ukraine’s grain exports, especially to countries in the southern hemisphere, and the release of children allegedly abducted by Russia from the occupied territories will be at the center of the consultations.

Ukraine needs a total of 7 Patriot arrays

For Ukraine the strengthening of the country’s defense is a priority and is firmly at the top of Kyiv’s agenda. According to President Zelensky, his country will need a total of seven Patriot arrays to protect all major cities and major energy facilities. Germany promised a third system. Many requests from Berlin to the Allies for more weapons remain unanswered so far.

At the Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin, President Zelensky said: “Germany is at the top of the countries that help Ukraine the most to defend its airspace with Patriot systems. Today there are more options for strengthening our defense than this system. Germany has already saved thousands of Ukrainian lives from Russian terrorism. It is something for which Ukraine will always be grateful. Because it brings us closer to the end of the war.”

According to the Ukrainian president Russia should not have initiative of movements as for the next day in Ukraine. “Because Moscow’s vision for the end of the war became more than clear on the first day of the invasion,” emphasized Volodymyr Zelensky.