Moscow insists peace talks held in its absence all but meaningless

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, held in Switzerland, on Sunday. Photo: AP

Mark Trevelyan

Russia said yesterday that a Swiss-hosted conference on the Ukraine war had produced negligible results and showed the futility of holding talks without Moscow.

The Kremlin was commenting on a weekend summit where Western powers and their allies denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but failed to persuade major non-aligned states to join their final statement.