Europe and the main world powers have received the peace agreement between the United States and Iran with caution but also with hope. The announcement came just hours before the start of the G-7 summit, which will be held until Wednesday in the French city of Évian-les-Bains, with Lake Geneva as its backdrop, and with the presence of the US President, Donald Trump. "The agreement is an opportunity to restore regional stability and stabilize the world economy," France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan have stated in a joint statement.

Don't get your hopes up. Peace is still a long way off. What we now know is that a slight possibility has appeared, as Ukraine and Russia agree on a first draft agreement in the midst of a bloody war that continues to cause deaths, many of them civilians. The document on the table right now in talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations has as its main elements Russia's request for Ukraine's future military neutrality – which would include renouncing joining NATO and renouncing having foreign military bases or receiving foreign weaponry, and reducing its armed forces – and the recognition of Crimea and the Donbass as Russian territories. In exchange, there would be a ceasefire and Putin's troops would withdraw. Ukraine, on the other hand, could agree to forget about joining NATO, but demands real security guarantees and does not see territorial renunciations as acceptable. In spite of the draft, therefore, the agreement remains, for the moment, a distant possibility.