Ukraine has leadership in case who has to be at the table - Zelenskyy on Kellogg's statement
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: Getty Images)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine should decide who should be at the negotiating table during the war settlement, he said during a conversation with journalists at the Munich Security Conference.
"We will see. The war is not in the United States and not in the EU, God bless. Yes, but, it's a pity, the war is in Ukraine. That's why, Ukraine has, I think that, the leadership in the case of who has to be at the table," Zelenskyy said.
Today, on February 15, US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said that he did not see Europe at the table for negotiations on Ukraine.
"All of your interests are brought into the discussion? Then the answer is yes. If it's sitting, like you're sitting right there, then that's going to be a different story" Kellogg said.
Europe's reaction to Kellogg's statement
During the Ukrainian Lunch, where the US Special Envoy made his statement, the Swedish Foreign Minister emphasized that Europe should be at the table if it sends its military to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock noted that nothing has been decided on the negotiations.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also emphasized that Europe's participation in the talks is important for Ukraine.
Read more about the Munich Security Conference and the main events of the second day in the RBC-Ukraine article.
