Switzerland Announces Readiness to Host Trump-Putin Meeting On Ukraine

• 12.01.2025, 12:39

If the parties to the negotiations themselves request it.

Switzerland could host a meeting between US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, said the head of the Information Service of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, Nicolas Bidault.

He specified that Switzerland would act as a negotiating platform if the parties themselves request it.

"After the summit in Bürgenstock, Ukraine, Russia and the United States were regularly informed of our readiness to support any diplomatic efforts that would help establish peace," Bidault said (quoted by Le Temps).

At the same time, the authorities do not intend to take the initiative in organizing the negotiations. Switzerland is not the only country that is ready to host a meeting between Trump and Putin. Earlier, a similar proposal was made by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Trump said on January 9 that his team had begun preparing a meeting with Putin to discuss options for ending the war. At the same time, he ruled out contacts with the Russian president before his inauguration, which will take place on January 20.