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After speaking with President Trump, I fully believe there is a path forward,
I think we could end it within weeks — if we're smart. If we're not smart, it will keep going,
Trump said earlier in the Oval Office alongside Macron This peace cannot mean the surrender of Ukraine,
Macron told a joint news conference with Trump What we need is a resolution marking the commitment from all UN member states to bring a durable end to the war,
Neither these amendments, nor the resolution offered by Ukraine will stop the killing. The UN must stop the killing. We urge all Member States to join us in returning the UN to its core mission of international peace and security,
said Washington's envoy to the UN, Dorothy Shea, ahead of the vote Overall the Europeans' defensive tactics blunted a pretty crude US diplomatic charge over the last few days,
said International Crisis Group's Richard Gowan As we mark three years of this devastation — Russia’s full invasion against Ukraine — we call on all nations to stand firm and to take … the side of the Charter, the side of humanity and the side of just and lasting peace, peace through strength,
I would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self evident I think,
Trump told reporters Monday when asked why the U.S. opposed Ukraine's resolution Absolutely. That’s what the UN is all about.”
Asked by a reporter if the US was seeking “global support for vague peace”, one state department official responded This is a simple way to begin to acknowledge, and for everyone who agrees, that this is ending,
another official clarified We have been doing what we do as diplomats, which is going to capitals, a lot of engagement over the weekend from our career professional diplomats who are in each one of the capitals,
said a state department official Mr President, that is why the United States opposed putting forward another resolution,
I am in serious discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia concerning the ending of the War, and also major Economic Development transactions which will take place between the United States and Russia,
The way we answer to Russian atrocities and crimes, the way we answer to aggression as a tool of statecraft will define not only the future of Ukraine, will define not only the future of Europe; it will define our common future, the future of the entire democratic world and the future of the U.N.,
said Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa in her speech to the General Assembly before the vote I do not see how Paris and London can support a text that is so far from their stated positions on Ukraine, but I also do not see how they can veto it,
Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group told AFP The attempt to add this language detracts from what we are trying to achieve with this forward-looking resolution,
said Washington's envoy to the UN Dorothy Shea ahead of the vote It is time for member states to return to the purposes and principles of the [UN] Charter, mainly, to maintaining international peace and security, including through the peaceful settlement of disputes,
President Trump is committed to ending the Russia-Ukraine war and to a resolution that leads to a lasting peace, not just a temporary pause,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in statement Friday
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