We are making progress - Zelenskyy on peace settlement process
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: Getty Images)
Ukraine needs a just and, most importantly, sustainable peace. Currently, there is progress in the peace settlement process, as the Ukrainian side has begun to work more with the team of US President Donald Trump, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy told RBC-Ukraine correspondent on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
"We need it. But it is obvious that they (negotiations - ed.) will take place, this has not happened yet. But in the long run, they will. We must do everything to bring a just and sustainable peace to Ukraine. The most important thing is sustainability. Because we can rejoice for a week or two, a month, maybe three years, maybe five. We don't want the war to return," Zelenskyy emphasized.
As for the progress in the process of peaceful settlement of the war, Zelenskyy said that compared to recent months, in his opinion, there is progress and it continues. The Ukrainian team and Trump's team have started working.
"Where have we progressed? We have progressed in terms of, if you look at where we were a few months ago, I think we have started to work with the Trump team much more. We had meetings, we had the G7 meeting at the level of foreign ministers. We had meetings with Kellogg, and then we have, you know, the vice president. The teams have started working. There are checkpoints, it is important that we are making progress," the Head of State informed.
During the same conversation with the press, Zelenskyy said that, in his opinion, it is Ukraine that should decide who should be at the negotiating table during the settlement of the war. This, in turn, was the president's response to the words of Trump's Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, who a few hours ago said that he did not see Europe "physically" at the negotiating table.
Read more about the main events of the second day at the Munich conference in RBC-Ukraine's material.
