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A call among members of the "coalition of the willing" to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine appears to have ended, with some participants posting their reactions on social media.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his country "welcomes continued efforts towards reaching a fair and sustainable agreement, including yesterday's discussions with Washington."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the leaders of Canada, Japan, Turkey, New Zealand and European countries assessed the results of the Alaska meeting "very realistically."
"We all confirmed the need for continued support for Ukraine in the war with Russia," he adds.
The meeting follows yesterday's talks between European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump at the White House.
Switzerland ready to host Zelensky-Putin meeting
Switzerland is eager to host such an event for many reasons; to remind the world of Geneva's importance amid deep financial cuts to UN agencies based there, and, perhaps, to signal its good intentions to President Trump, in the hope of striking a better deal than the shocking 39% tariffs he recently imposed on Swiss products.
But whatever Switzerland wants, the final decision on the meeting location, if talks continue, rests with the great powers.
President Putin in particular is thought to be very reluctant to come to Western Europe for talks, perhaps preferring Turkey or the United Arab Emirates.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis says Switzerland is grateful for the trust shown in it.
But there are legal questions about such a meeting.
Switzerland has ratified the Rome Treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) and, since Putin has now been indicted by the ICC for war crimes, will be obliged to arrest him if he arrives on Swiss soil.
But the Swiss government, anticipating that Geneva could be a venue for the meeting, has already had its lawyers review the implications, and today Cassis says there is room for flexibility, telling Swiss media "we can do this despite the arrest warrant against Putin because of our special role and the role of Geneva as the European headquarters of the United Nations."
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