Switzerland ready to host Putin for any Geneva peace talks, minister says


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  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, attends the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong, China May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Bertha Wang/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland would be ready to host Russian President Vladimir Putin for any peace talks on Ukraine despite an existing arrest warrant for him from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Tuesday.

Neutral Switzerland is a signatory to the ICC but Cassis told Swiss national broadcaster SRF that provided Putin was coming for peace purposes, the country could receive him.

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