At the final session of the Peace Summit for Ukraine, I said that Montenegro supports Ukraine and that I firmly believe that the path to peace must be based on the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and international law, announced the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović.
"I recalled the previous support of our country, which, as the first country outside the EU, provided temporary protection for persons from Ukraine, as well as facilitated entry into the country for humanitarian reasons. In addition, we undertook activities aimed at joining the Declaration of the Coalition for Illegal Repatriation deported and forcibly displaced Ukrainian children. We will continue to support all efforts of the international community undertaken towards this goal in multilateral formats," Milatović wrote on the social network Iks.
A total of 80 countries agreed that the territorial integrity of Ukraine must be the basis of any peace agreement.
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The Peace Summit for Ukraine is being held in Burgenstock, Switzerland on June 15 and 16.
Switzerland, which hosted the summit, said more than 90 countries participated in the talks, and the vast majority of them signed communiques, according to a list published by Swiss organizers at the end of the session.
Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates were among the countries that participated but did not sign the final communiqué.
Brazil, which was listed as an "observer" on the list of attendees, also did not appear as a signatory.
"We believe that achieving peace requires participation and dialogue between all parties," the document states.
"We reaffirm our commitment... to the principles of sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all states, including Ukraine, within their internationally recognized borders," the document added.
The final document also calls for all prisoners of war to be released in a "full exchange" and for all Ukrainian children who have been "deported and illegally displaced" to be returned to Ukraine.
Kiev accuses Russia of abducting nearly 20.000 children from parts of the east and south of the country over which its forces have taken control.
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