 Russia was not invited to the first gathering in June, where Zelensky laid out his 10-point peace plan, and over 80 parties signed a communique that really only guaranteed they would talk about the conflict at a future date. Kiev officials say the next summit would aim to prepare a peace plan to present to Russia. Responding to news reports last week that the meeting would be held ahead of the U.S. presidential election, a Russian diplomat said Moscow would not attend.