China Says It Won’t Join Swiss Peace Conference On Ukraine

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China will not attend a Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland next month because it does not meet its expectations, which include both Russia and Ukraine taking part, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday, confirming an exclusive Reuters report. Switzerland is seeking a broad-based turnout from different parts of the world for the summit in mid-June, which Bern hopes will lay the groundwork for a peace process in Ukraine. Moscow was not invited and dismisses the talks as meaningless without its participation. “The arrangements for the meeting still fall far short of China’s requests and the general expectations of the...