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Ukraine Open to Russia Attending Next Summit, Adviser Says

Ukraine may invite Russia to the next meeting slated with international partners aimed at working out a formula for future peace talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said.

The Kremlin has repeatedly made clear it has no intention of engaging with the Ukrainian plan. But Andriy Yermak, Zelenskiy’s top adviser, raised the possibility as working groups prepare the details for a follow-up gathering after last week’s summit in Switzerland.

There is no timeframe for a subsequent meeting — and the much-speculated prospect of a second summit didn’t appear in the final document of the June 15-16 meeting in Lucerne. While that meeting saw more than 100 nations and organizations in attendance, it fell short of its ultimate goal to build broader global support.

The working groups’ results “will be part of this joint plan, which will be supported by a number of countries” at a second meeting, Yermak said in a conference call late on Tuesday. “We think it will be possible to invite representative of Russia.”

When the summit was over, perhaps its weightiest outcome was Ukraine’s pledge to invite the Russians to the next one.

Andrii Yermak, Chief of the Ukrainian President's Office, has confirmed that Ukraine is ready to invite a Russian representative to the second Peace Summit, where a "joint plan" agreed upon by most nations will be presented.