80 countries and 4 organizations sign Global Peace Summit communique, several abstain
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The final communiqué of the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland was signed by 80 countries and four organizations, while some abstained, U.S.-funded Radio Liberty reported on Telegram on June 16, publishing the full list of signatories.
Saudi Arabia, Thailand, India, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates are among the countries that decided to abstain.
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the summit's joint communique was ready and would be "open for signature by countries" that did not attend.
"The text has been completed, and at the end of the summit, the presidents will announce the adoption of the resolution," he said, adding that several countries that did not attend are conducting an internal analysis of the joint communique and plan to sign it.
The text is balanced and includes all the principled positions that Kyiv insisted on.
"No alternative options are being considered at the summit," according to Kuleba.
The draft communique, as reported by Reuters earlier in the day, strongly condemns the full-scale Russian invasion, demands the security and safety of nuclear power plants, calls for the release of prisoners and the return of abducted Ukrainians, and emphasizes the maintenance of safe commercial shipping in the Black and Azov seas.
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