Participants of Ukraine's Peace Summit publish joint communiqué

Participants in the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland have issued a joint communique on the foundations of peace in Ukraine. Source: Ukrainian President's Office, as reported by European Pravda Details: They underlined their determination to refrain from threatening or using force against any state's territorial integrity or political independence, as well as the principles of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity that all states, including Ukraine, live up to.

Participants asserted that they had a shared view on the following crucial aspects which we quote from the final declaration:

Any use of nuclear energy and nuclear installations must be safe, secured, safe-guarded and environmentally sound. Ukrainian nuclear power plants and installations, including Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, must operate safely and securely under full sovereign control of Ukraine and in line with IAEA principles and under its supervision.

Any threat or use of nuclear weapons in the context of the ongoing war against Ukraine is inadmissible.

Global food security depends on uninterrupted manufacturing and supply of food products. In this regard, free, full and safe commercial navigation, as well as access to sea ports in the Black and Azov Seas, are critical. Attacks on merchant ships in ports and along the entire route, as well as against civilian ports and civilian port infrastructure, are unacceptable.

Food security must not be weaponized in any way. Ukrainian agricultural products should be securely and freely provided to interested third countries.

All prisoners of war must be released by complete exchange. All deported and unlawfully displaced Ukrainian children, and all other Ukrainian civilians who were unlawfully detained, must be returned to Ukraine.

"We believe that reaching peace requires the involvement of and dialogue between all parties.

We, therefore, decided to undertake concrete steps in the future in the above-mentioned areas with further engagement of the representatives of all parties," the communique says. The United Nations Charter, including the principles of respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all states, can and will serve as a basis in achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine.

The final declaration of the Global Peace Summit, held in Switzerland, was signed by 80 countries and four organisations. On the eve of the event, Switzerland rejected the final document of the Peace Summit, which could have had undesirable consequences for Ukraine - the decision's text was subsequently changed.

After this, several states that had planned to attend the Peace Summit decided not to go there.

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