Peace summit: expert assesses whether it can bring the end of the war in Ukraine closer
Date: 2024-08-21 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: POLICY
By preparing to hold the second peace summit, the Ukrainian authorities are showing the world that the initiative to end the war is in their hands.
Political scientist Oleg Saakyan spoke about this, writes RBC-Ukraine. He believes that Ukraine needs a peace summit so as not to lose the initiative and so that other peace plans cannot take place.
Saakyan noted that the peace summit is a necessity, not a mechanism for achieving peace. "The peace summit is not about "getting everything back", it is "about agreeing" with the world on the rules of the game, on how to restore the force of law and put these agreements on the table of the Russian Federation and force it to accept them," the expert explained.
In this way, Ukraine can gain leverage to work with partners and encourage them to force the Kremlin to comply with the rules that the world has agreed on.
He also admitted that Russian representatives would not agree to attend any of the summits.
