Macron Suggests Geneva for Potential Putin-Zelenskyj Summit

Swiss Geneva may become the venue for a future summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyj.

» Published: August 19 2025 at 09:31

Macron Suggests Geneva for Potential Putin-Zelenskyj Summit
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The next high-level meeting in the negotiations on the Ukraine war will be held in Europe, states France's President Emmanuel Macron, who was one of the European leaders participating in Monday's Ukraine meetings at the White House.

It will be arranged by a neutral country, perhaps Switzerland – I am pushing for Geneva – or another country, says Macron in an interview with the French news channel LCI.

However, Switzerland has signed the Rome Statute, the document that forms the basis for the International Criminal Court's (ICC) work. Thus, the country is bound to arrest Putin, wanted for war crimes by the ICC, if he sets foot on Swiss soil.

According to Macron, France, the United Kingdom and other Ukraine allies will meet on Tuesday, to keep all allies updated on what was decided regarding American security guarantees to Ukraine in Washington.

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