Switzerland seeks discussing Peace Summit with Russia

He also reported that Switzerland will hold a detailed discussion of the summit’s results with other countries "on whose doors we knocked but they did not come, like, for instance, China". Cassis noted that Beijing had suggested mutual support during the first stage but then said "no" after finding out that Russia couldn’t be involved at the first stage.

Cassis stated that China and Brazil can choose another approach, and this was also about seeking the way to unite these different approaches.

Cassis admitted the dilemma that most decisions, which had been adopted, could not be implemented without Russia. At the same time, Cassis stressed that it was for the sake of meeting Russia’s possible interests and building the path to peace that three topics for the first summit were chosen, namely nuclear security, trade security and liberation of the prisoners of war, as well as of thousands of children – rather than, for instance, the issue of Ukraine's territorial integrity.