“According to Vens, it is very important that Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin “sat down at the negotiating table””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
In an interview with Fox News on March 3, Vance said that the President of Ukraine expressed his “lack of respect” during his meeting in the White House with US President Donald Trump and “demonstrated a clear unwillingness to participate in a peaceful process” that his American colleague seeks.
“But I think he will come there. He must, ”Vance said.
“It cannot last forever,” he continued. The lives of Ukrainians are not enough, there is not enough American money and lacking ammunition to finance this case endlessly. The only realistic way to bring this case to settlement is the path of Trump President. We encourage both the President of Zelensky and President Putin to go this way. ”
The interview was recorded before the media reported that Trump suspends military assistance to Ukraine to encourage Kiev to agree to peace talks with Russia.
According to Vens, it is very important that Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin “sat down at the negotiation table”.
“President (Trump – ed.) set a very clear goal before his administration. He wants the killings to stop. And I think it is very important that President Zelensky and, of course, President Putin, too, they both sat at the negotiating table. And it was here that, after all, everything broke out, ”Vance explained.
Vance also added that the US is ready to restore negotiations with the President of Ukraine if he “calls and proposes a serious plan on how he is going to participate in the process.”
The US Vice president also criticized European countries that support Kiev, urging them to be “realistic” and emphasizing that the war cannot last forever.
Following the disruption of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, on February 28, the American leader was in doubt that the head of the Ukrainian state wanted peace.
On March 2, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said in the Meet The Press program that the President of Ukraine “should come to consciousness and return to the table with gratitude or someone else should manage the country.”
Earlier, on March 3, US President Donald Trump named the words of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky that the peace agreement is still “very, very far” the “worst statement” that the President of Ukraine could make.
On February 28, Zelensky met in the White House with Trump. The parties planned to sign an agreement on the use of Ukrainian minerals, but after a dispute at the report event, Zelensky left the White House before the journalists, and the signing of the agreement was canceled.
The President of Ukraine flew to London, where he met with the country’s prime minister Kir. After that, there was a summit of European leaders, which discussed the support of Ukraine. Following the summit, Starmer stated that the United Kingdom, along with France, and possibly “another or two participants” will work with Ukraine over the ceasefire plan, which will later be represented by the United States.