This was told to the Keystone-SDA news agency on Tuesday on the fringes of the World Economic Forum (WEF) by a source from the Federal Administration who is familiar with the dossier.
The two countries have already started work on the meeting, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday at the WEF in Davos. Many details, such as the date, have not yet been finalised.
Switzerland is organising the peace summit at the request of Ukraine, as the two countries announced on Monday during Zelensky’s visit to the Federal Council in Bern.
Viola Amherd, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, said that she and Zelensky were hoping for broad support and as many participants as possible. Russia is not welcome.
The countries of the Global South and China, for example, are to be represented. On Sunday in Davos, representatives from over 80 countries and organisations discussed the Ukrainian peace formula for ending the war.
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