Russia says it will take no part in follow-up to 'peace summit'


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  • Sunday, 22 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks during the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad, Switzerland, June 16, 2024. MICHAEL BUHOLZER/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russia will take no part in any follow-up to the Swiss-organized "peace summit" held in June as the process amounts to "fraud," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

Russia was not invited to the June meeting, attended by delegations from more than 90 countries, and dismissed its deliberations as meaningless without Moscow's participation.

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