Kremlin has its version of why several countries do not go to Zelensky’s summit

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Jun 4, 2024 09:43 GMT

“It is a perfectly understandable position,” said the Russian presidential spokesman.

The reluctance of several countries to participate in the Swiss conference on Ukraine is understandable because they do not want to “waste time,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said on Tuesday.

“It is a perfectly understandable position. Countries do not want to participate in an event that does not have a mission statement“, he stated, adding that “it is a completely absurd activity, an idle pastime.”

According to the Kremlin spokesman, “discussing Ukraine without Russia” is “absolutely absurd.” “Obviously, [la conferencia] It is not result oriented. That’s why many countries don’t want to waste time,” he stressed.

Previously, it was known that several countries, including China, and senior officials refused to participate in the summit. Thus, it is likely that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia do not attend the conference, while India and Australia They will not be represented by senior leaders. The American president, Joe Biden, neither go to.

Russia was not invited to the event for talks. In a recent interview with Reuters, the leader of the Ukrainian regime, Vladimir Zelensky, stated that Moscow should not be present at the summit, as it could get support from other countries and hijack kyiv’s agenda.