Is this the place where Putin and Zelensky can hold? | The world of news

Talks about the breakthrough in the Russian War in Ukraine had rumbled before – but now the prospects of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky sitting face to face are no longer felt at all beyond reach.

Geneva-historical places for peaceful talks as competitors to host the high risk of the Summit.

However, the city of Swiss witnessed a historic handshake between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan, who was the first step towards ending the Cold War.

Emmanuel Macron was the first person to increase the possibility of the peak of peace held in Europe, in ‘neutral countries, perhaps Switzerland’.

The French President said in an interview on LCI: “I pushed Geneva.”

He added: ‘or other countries. The last time there was a bilateral discussion, in Istanbul (Türkiye).

For Russia and Ukraine, meetings in the city will be more than symbolic.

If confirmed, this will be the first time Putin and Zelensky will face each other since the beginning of the Russian invasion in an effort to make a sketch of a peaceful agreement mechanism.

Russian leaders are also the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for war crimes, so that entering Switzerland must – technically – resulting in its arrest.

Macron added tour ‘hat must make‘The exception for Putin if the meeting took place in a country that recognized the ICC.

He said: ‘The work of justice must come, we are the signing of ourselves for this agreement.

But he is the president who seated, he has the principle of immunity. Peace must move forward, so we must find a place. ‘

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told a press conference that, under certain circumstances, Putin would be allowed to set foot in Switzerland.

Last year, the Swiss government defined ‘the rules for giving immunity to someone under an international arrest warrant.’

Cassis explained: ‘If this person comes for a peace conference, not if they come for personal reasons.’

He added that Switzerland was fully ready to host such a meeting and highlight the long expertise of a neutral country in the field.

The adjacent Austria has also been marked as a possible arena for the summit.

Chancellor Christian Stocker said that if the peace talks took place on his land, he would contact the ICC ‘to allow Putin to attend’.

He said he had offered Vienna as a place that made it possible for negotiations to Zelensky during the visit of the President of Ukraine in June.

He added: ‘Our capital has a long tradition as a place of dialogue.’

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