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When it comes to the reconstruction of Ukraine and Ukrainian membership at the European Union, this will be for Ukrainians and Europeans to decide.”
However, Lieven said
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We seek a strong and lasting peace in Ukraine. To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this must be accompanied by strong and credible security guarantees for the Ukrainians,
France’s President Emmanuel Macron posted on X a day after he hosted European leaders in Paris
No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine … Europe must have a seat at the table when decisions about Europe are being made,
Zelenskyy said at the Munich Security Conference this weekendThe settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, as well as improving Russia-US bilateral relations – which have hit rock bottom – are on the agenda,
she said, reporting from MoscowEven though Scholz has written this conversation off as premature, it needs to be had, to understand what Europe’s goals are,
Giles told Al JazeeraNothing has emerged from the public statements from the Paris meeting that shows Europe is any closer to proposing, let alone implementing, anything,
Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow at Chatham House, told Al Jazeera
A dictated peace will therefore never find our support,
said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the weekend after Trump’s unilateral overture to Putin on WednesdayThe world is holding its breath as the meeting between these high-ranking officials in Riyadh has started,
Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova said, ... adding that
They fear a similar outcome as per Trump’s messaging on Gaza – he simply does not care,
Ash said, referring to Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza after displacing Palestinians, which would amount to ethnic cleansing and a war crimeThere can be no decision without Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine. We were not invited to this meeting, the Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia. This was a surprise to us, as it was to many. We learned about it from the media,
Zelensky said at a joint press conference in Anarka with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by BBC Russia
To ensure the war ends with a reliable and lasting peace, no mistakes can be allowed. This is only possible when negotiations are fair and guarantees are developed with the participation of all those who can truly provide them,
he saidWe, as a sovereign country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us,
Zelenskyy said last week
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It was a very serious conversation on all the questions we wanted to touch upon."
Russian negotiator Yuri Ushakov told reporters after more than four hours of talks
President Trump wants to stop the killing; the United States wants peace and is using its strength in the world to bring countries together. President Trump is the only leader in the world who can get Ukraine and Russia to agree to that."
US spokesperson Bruce said in a statementOtherwise, this problem will continue to poison the atmosphere on the European continent,
she saidThis needs to be a permanent end to the war and not a temporary end, as we’ve seen in the past,
he said
I have every reason to believe that the American side understands our position,
the Russian foreign minister saidWe couldn’t have imagined a better result,
Witkoff said in a press briefing, though he declined to say whether U.S. officials planned to visit Russia for continued discussions
Shuttle diplomacy has happened throughout history,
Waltz told reporters, stressing
It was useful to discuss today the various hypotheses on the table. The one that foresees the deployment of European soldiers in Ukraine seems to me to be the most complex and perhaps the least effective, and on this too I voiced Italy's doubts,
she said, ... according to the sources