Zelenskyy to visit Munich but talks will be held on sidelines - MSC chairman
Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Negotiations during the Munich Security Conference, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend, will be held on the sidelines, according to Barron's.
In addition, the MSC will be attended by an American delegation, which will include:
- Vice President of the United States of America J.D. Vance
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- US Special Representative for the Russia-Ukraine War Keith Kellogg.
According to MSC Chair Christoph Heusgen, Zelenskyy is also expected to attend the conference, which will allow for potential talks with representatives of Kyiv's key allies.
“We hope that Munich will be used -- and we have signs that it will -- to make progress with regard to peace in Ukraine. We assume that talks will take place on the sidelines. I will leave it open whether a plan will be announced at the conference,” adds Christoph Heusgen.
Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference is a forum where international security issues are discussed every year. This year, the conference will be held from February 14 to 16. It is expected to be attended by about 60 countries, 150 ministers from around the world, and heads of international organizations.
Kellogg will also attend the MSC. Earlier, some media outlets reported that the official represented US President Donald Trump's plan to end Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, but Kellogg later denied this. It is also known that the US special representative will visit Ukraine after the forum.
To learn more about this year's Munich Security Conference, read RBC-Ukraine's article.
