Peace Summit: Lubinets spoke about the unexpected proposal from countries friendly to the Russian Federation
Date: 2024-06-17 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WORLD
At the peace summit session, where the item on the return of illegally displaced Ukrainian children, prisoners of war and civilians was discussed behind closed doors, 39 countries were present.
The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets spoke about this during the telethon. According to him, the results of frank communication “give cautious optimism for the development of new approaches” to the return of Ukrainians from Russian dungeons.
He noted that it was the closed mode of discussion that made it possible not just for frank communication, but for many countries to express possible developments for the return of people.
“By the way, it is unexpected that some countries that traditionally have good relations with the Russian Federation, for the first time announced that they are ready to offer their channels of communication with the Russian side. I cannot yet name these countries, but I will say frankly that we did not expect from such countries with such positions,” Lubinets emphasized.
He added that they discussed not just approaches to the return of Ukrainian citizens, but also the continued creation of a mechanism of pressure on the Russian Federation. “One of the public results that we can say is that many countries have directly said in their statements that indeed the actions of the Russian Federation have all the signs of a war crime - genocide,” the ombudsman emphasized.
Lubinets believes that there are specific pressure mechanisms that should force the Russian Federation to join the exchange of prisoners and the return of Ukrainian children. First of all, diplomatic pressure, but also important - economic.
"When countries move from diplomatic statements to real sanctions pressure on the Russian economy. For example, it is quite likely that at one of the next summits or meetings it may be proposed: either the Russian Federation returns to the implementation of the UN Charter and the entire system of international humanitarian law, or the majority of countries accept the decision to apply an embargo on the purchase of Russian oil and gas. After such a decision, how long will the Russian economy survive? I think it will definitely not be years or even months,” he emphasized.
Lubinets summarized that the peace summit in Switzerland, where 101 international delegations were present, was a huge diplomatic breakthrough for Ukraine.
“I immediately want to answer those who say that not everyone who came to the summit signed the communiqué. There is no problem there at all, these are technical details. Technically, not all countries made a decision before the summit to join the communiqué. After returning, they will consider it at our levels. We know for sure that the number of those who joined the communiqué will grow,” the Ombudsman stated.
