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The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many western heads of state and government and other leaders at a conference this weekend to plan the first steps towards peace in Ukraine, with Russia notably absent. Swiss officials hosting the conference say more than 50 heads of state and government, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, will join the gathering at the Burgenstock resort overlooking Lake Lucerne. Advertisement Some 100 delegations including European bodies and the United Nations will be on hand. Who will show up, and who will not, has become one of the key stakes of...