Putin "knocked down" the summit in Switzerland by a deceptive statement about readiness for "peaceful" negotiations - isw

According to American analysts, the bilateral statements of the head of the Russian Federation about his "readiness for negotiations" have reoriented international discourse to remind Putin's disinterest in compliance with the principles of the UN Charter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, the day before the start of the Peace Summit in Switzerland, specifically published his demands on "peaceful" negotiations in order to undermine the support of the legitimate requirements of the Ukrainian authorities. This is discussed in a new review of the Institute of War (ISW). The purpose of the event was to attract a broader international community in the end of the war and to achieve a just peace, the basis of which is the UN Statute and International Law.

However, Putin's statements partially reorient the absurd requirements of the Russian Federation. Experts emphasize that, having published their deceptive statements about "peaceful" negotiations, the Kremlin's head tried to divert attention from the task of building an international consensus and the end of the war.

The conditions for the beginning of "peaceful" negotiations, the Russian leader called the recognition of illegal annexation by Russia of occupied territories, the consent of Ukraine to demilitarization and refusal to join any blocks of foreign security. At the same time, the ISW added that Putin's statements about his openness to any "negotiations", not based on the fact that it is in fact an unconditional surrender of Ukraine, is actually misleading.

Therefore, the recent statements of the Kremlin's leader about his "readiness for negotiations" have reoriented international discourse to emphasize that Putin is not interested in compliance with the principles of the UN Charter. Some of the high -ranking persons in the West acknowledged that Moscow tried to disrupt the purpose of the summit, focusing on their conversations on the absence of a representative of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, US Vice President Kamala Harris called Putin's "peaceful" proposal of June 14, not a call for negotiations, but a call "for the surrender of Ukraine". In turn, the head of the Netherlands Mark Rutte believes that Russia should be involved in the peace process "at some stage", but has recognized that Putin is not interested in the talks "at the moment".