Barring diplomatic niceties, the basic common position will not be affected in the writing, Nehmer said on the sidelines of Sunday's event at the Bürgenstock mountain hotel resort near Lucerne.

"That's why I'm not so concerned if everyone doesn't sign right away," the chancellor said.

The question of the scope of the follow-up conference was still difficult to answer.

Another conference in a different format could be envisioned before Russia even sits down at the negotiating table, Nehmer said. “You have to look at it as a process.”

The two-day conference of 92 states and eight international organizations was due to end on Sunday afternoon when the final declaration was also to be published.

According to Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the conference has made significant progress.

Kuleba said all countries that were not present were also aware of the encouragement provided by the meeting.

He said that overall the process that has been started is welcome.

“We are on the right track,” he said.

Kuleba again stressed the need to support Ukraine militarily with the highest quality weapons.

According to him, the stronger Ukraine becomes, the more Moscow will be willing to negotiate peace.

A press conference was planned at the end of the conference, which was also attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The purpose of the event was to start a peace process that would also involve Russia in the long term. Moscow officials were not invited to the occasion and did not express any desire to attend.



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