Switzerland and Austria said Tuesday (August 19, 2025) that they would host Russian President Vladimir Putin if he came for talks on peace in Ukraine, despite the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant.
French President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of a peace summit between Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy being held in Europe, in “a neutral country, maybe Switzerland”.
Macron calls Putin 'predator' and 'ogre at our gates'
“I’m pushing for Geneva,” he said in an interview aired earlier Tuesday (August 19, 2025) on French news channel LCI.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told a press conference that, under certain circumstances, Mr. Putin would be allowed to set foot in Switzerland.
