US President-elect Donald Trump said he was “developing a vision” of peace for Ukraine.
Vladimir Zelensky met with Donald Trump in Paris. After the meeting, Trump said an immediate ceasefire was needed in Ukraine and called on Kyiv and Moscow to start negotiations. Zelensky responded that “a ceasefire without guarantees can be revived at any moment, as Putin has already done.”
What they talked about
The meeting lasted about 35 minutes and was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. Zelensky admitted that at the meeting they discussed freezing the conflict in Ukraine.
“When we talk about a frozen conflict, if it is between us, then we talk about it. I say, we want, more than anyone in the world, the end of the war. And, of course, the a diplomatic end to the war will save more lives. But I emphasized to both President Macron and President Trump: you can see that Putin does not want this war to end, so he must be forced to Zelensky.
The Ukrainian leader emphasized that force can only be achieved if Ukraine is strong.
“A strong Ukraine before any diplomacy is a strong Ukraine on the battlefield. It’s a strong army, it’s weapons packages and the like, it’s long-range systems, of course, ATACMS, and TAURUS, and Storm Shadow, and SCALP. We really need all of them,” Zelensky said, emphasizing that this is exclusively for attacks on military targets.
Trump’s position
Trump said after the meeting that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was ready for “peace” and a ceasefire.
“Zelensky is committed to a ceasefire. He wants to make peace,” said the newly elected US President.
According to Trump, Kyiv’s position is “an important step forward.” However, he noted that he had not discussed the details with Zelensky.
“He (Zelensky) believes that the time has come (for peace talks), and Putin must think that the time has come because he lost. When you lose 700 thousand people, it means it’s time. It won’t end until ‘t is not having peace,” Trump said.
The US President-elect added that he was “developing a vision of how to end this senseless war.”
Contact the group to end the war
The Ukrainian authorities are going to hold a meeting of the contact group in December, which will develop a common position on the diplomatic end of the Russian-Ukrainian war, said the press secretary of the President of Ukraine Sergei Nikiforov.
According to Nikiforov, Kyiv will invite the main European partners to the working group, which, together with the United States, “are capable of ensuring the maximum strengthening of our state.”
“The final list of participants is still being formed, but these are countries with long-term capabilities, countries that make the largest investments in the production of Ukrainian weapons, and countries on which our future depends on NATO,” said by Nikiforov.
The contact group meeting in December is necessary “for coordination, development of a common position” and is designed to make Ukraine strong “in any development of events – both in negotiations and on the battlefield,” the press added secretary of the Ukrainian president. .
The creation of the working group was announced at a joint press conference held on December 9 in Kyiv by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and German politician, head of the Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz. Merz suggested forming a contact group of Germany, France, Poland and Great Britain so that they could “exchange views” on the end of the war and “develop a common view of the United States.” Zelensky responded by saying that Ukraine was already working on creating such a group.
In his December 9 address, Zelensky said the contact group could include Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, and possibly Denmark and other partners.
Source: korrespondent
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