Security officials from 83 countries gathered in Davos on Sunday to discuss Ukraine’s demands for ending the war with Russia, in talks marked by rising non-western participation but limited progress towards peace.

Held on the eve of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain resort, the meeting was the fourth called by Kyiv to promote its peace proposals, which include the full withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory. It took place as the war, which appears stuck in a grinding deadlock, nears the second anniversary of President Vladimir Putin’s full invasion.

The active participation of national security representatives from India, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, countries from the so-called Global South who maintain diplomatic relations with Russia, was hailed as a positive signal by western officials.