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Saudi Arabia Will Not Attend Peace Conference on Ukraine in Switzerland, Reports Reveal

© AP Photo / Cliff OwenIn this March 22, 2018, file photo, an honor guard member is covered by the flag of Saudi Arabia in Washington
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Saudi Arabia will not attend the Swiss-hosted peace conference on Ukraine in June because Russia will not be represented, German news agency DPA reported on Sunday, citing Saudi diplomatic sources.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Saudi Arabia, scheduled for the past Saturday, may now take place after the peace conference, the report read.
Saudi Arabia has not yet officially announced its decision not to attend the conference.
Switzerland will host a peace conference on Ukraine not far off from the city of Lucerne from June 15-16. In April, the spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Bern, Vladimir Khokhlov, told Sputnik that Switzerland did not invite Russia to the summit, adding that Moscow had no plans to participate in the event even if invited.
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