Switzerland's foreign affairs ministry on Saturday voiced support for a Chinese-led peace plan to end the Ukraine war, saying its view on such efforts had significantly changed.

China and Brazil on Friday pressed ahead with an effort to gather developing countries behind a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's dismissal of the initiative as serving Moscow's interests.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed disappointment at Switzerland's support for the Sino-Brazilian "peace initiative" on Ukraine and called on all countries that support international law and the UN Charter to avoid participating in such initiatives.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA) stated that they cannot understand the logic behind Switzerland's decision to support the initiative by China and Brazil to end the war. They emphasized that this decision does not align with Ukraine's interests and will only complicate the process of achieving peace for Ukraine,

Beijing's top diplomat voices hope for convening global peace conference with 'fair discussion' of all proposals as US stays sceptical China and Brazil on Friday sought to advance their long-standing bid to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly,