MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Moscow is not going to ban any countries of the global South from participating in the peace summit in Switzerland dedicated to Ukraine’s so-called "peace formula," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters after a meeting with heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Moscow.
"We told our colleagues [that] we have nothing against it, we will not ban you from participating, as the West tries to ban you from participating in the events we hold. We don't have such colonial and generally dictatorial tendencies, but we explain to them where they are being lured," he said.
Swiss President Viola Amherd said after a meeting with Zelensky on January 15 that the Ukrainian president asked Switzerland to organize a high-level peace conference. Commenting on this initiative, Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Sergey Garmonin told the Sonntags Zeitung newspaper that in its current form it is doomed to failure. This is primarily due to the desire to impose a "peace formula," "which is a set of ultimatums to Russia." He also explained that without Russia’s participation, a "peace summit" would mean just another round of fruitless consultations.