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Let’s not walk into their traps. By working together with the US, we can achieve a just and lasting peace – on Ukraine’s terms,
she said
But President Trump is in a position – that he campaigned on – to initiate a process that could bring about an end to this conflict, and from that could emerge some very positive things for the United States, for Europe, for Ukraine, for the world,
the secretary said
For us to be able to continue to move down this road, we need to have diplomatic facilities that are operating and functioning normally,
Rubio saidUkraine and Europe – in the broad sense, including the European Union, Turkey and the United Kingdom – must be involved in discussions and the development of necessary security guarantees together with the United States, as these decisions shape the future of our part of the world,
he said in an address following a meeting with Turkish President Reccep Erdoğan on TuesdayNo one is being sidelined here."
Rubio responded to questions regarding concerns that the EU and Ukraine are being abandoned by the Trump administration and said
This needs to be a permanent end to the war and not a temporary end, as we've seen in the past,
Waltz said
The key to unlock that is the end to this conflict,
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To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this
Macron said in a statement
The only leader in the world who can make this happen, who can even bring people together to begin to talk about it in a serious way is President Trump,
the secretary of state saidPresident Trump is determined to move very quickly,
Waltz said, pointing to the recent phone call between Trump and Putin
We’re not going to pre-negotiate an end to this conflict,
Rubio said
Rubio's words were very clear. Europe will be involved in the negotiations for a very clear reason: We have imposed sanctions on Russia, sanctions that are in place, and there can be no negotiations if the issue of sanctions is not at the table and around the table those who decided and apply them,
Tajani said
The goal is to bring an end to this conflict in a way that’s fair, enduring, sustainable and acceptable to all parties involved,
Mr Rubio said
We explained today that the appearance of troops ... from Nato countries but under some other flag, under the flag of the European Union or national flags, does not change anything and is, of course, unacceptable to us,
Mr Lavrov said
We were not invited to this Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia, it was a surprise for us ... We do not want anyone to decide anything behind our backs. I think this is fair,
Mr Zelenskiy said, notingWe did not just listen, but we heard each other. I have grounds to think that the American side has started to understand our position better.”
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov described the talks as “very useful”, addingEurope will have to be at the talks because a peace agreement will not work without European participation to some degree and at some stage,
he saidI have a sense that negotiations are taking place now with the same mood – this time between representatives of Russia and the United States; again about Ukraine, without Ukraine,
he saidNow they may not like some of this sequencing that is going on in these negotiations, but I have to push back on this ... notion that they aren’t being consulted,
Waltz told “Fox News Sunday.”
Decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending,
Zelenskyy said in an address Saturday at the Munich Security Conference