Switzerland ‘more than ready’ to host Ukraine summit

Ignazio Cassis (right) with Antonio Tajani on Bern on Tuesday. Keystone-SDA

Switzerland is more than ready to host a summit between Russia and Ukraine, says Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, highlighting Switzerland's expertise in this area.

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“I believe 200% in the organisation of this summit and we have been talking about it for a long time,” said Cassis during a joint appearance with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani in Bern. Cassis also explained that he had already reminded the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, of Switzerland’s availability on several occasions.

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Cassis also thanked French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for their confidence in Switzerland. He said Switzerland would offer Putin immunity if he comes for a peace conference.

For his part, Tajani stressed that Rome remained available to organise a summit, but that Italy “supported” Geneva.

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