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We cannot accept it, as an independent country, any agreements (made) without us,
Mr Zelensky said as he visited a nuclear power station in western Ukraine It is very clear to me that there must be no solution that is not also a solution in which the U.S. is involved, because transatlantic unity must always be guaranteed,
Scholz said when asked whether Gemany would send troops as part of any potential peacekeeping operation The talks that I have had with [Trump] and that my advisers have also had with his advisers lead to the conclusion that we can hope and assume that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine,
Scholz told POLITICO’s Berlin Playbook podcast hours before Trump effectively called time on its support for Kyiv as it resists Russia’s invasion We have supported Ukraine over all these years,
That will require both sides recognising things they don’t want to,
added the US Defense Secretary We shouldn’t take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started because it plays to Russia’s court and it is what they want,
Secretary Hegseth’s comments, and what later emerged from Washington, were significant statements,
Any agreement without us will fail, because you need Europe and Ukraine to also implement the agreement,
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Why are we giving them (Russia) everything that they want even before the negotiations have been started?"
There is a political will, which was emphasised during yesterday's conversation, to conduct a dialogue in search of a settlement,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Nothing can be discussed on Ukraine without Ukraine or on Europe without Europe."
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said As for Europe's participation, there is no understanding yet of the format of a possible negotiation process, so it is premature to talk about it."
Asked about European demands to be represented in Ukraine peace talks, Peskov said He intends to end this war by diplomacy and bringing both Russia and Ukraine to the table. And the U.S. Department of Defense will help achieve this goal,
I think you saw from President Trump yesterday, who himself is the best negotiator on the planet, bringing two sides together to find a negotiated peace, which is ultimately what everyone wants,
There is no betrayal there,
Either we are within the parameters of a discussion that will genuinely bring peace through strength, or, on the contrary, it will be peace through weakness,
It's a crucial moment of truth,
Lecornu told reporters ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels Two percent of GDP is not enough. Three and four and ultimately, as President Trump has said, five percent of defense spending is critical,
It’s very natural that we’re engaged into the discussions,
Russia and the US are both influential powers, and China welcomes their efforts to strengthen communication and dialogue on a range of international issues,
a spokesman for the Beijing Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday
