Donald Trump must be more firm with Vladimir Putin than with Hamas, says Volodymyr Zelensky
The Ukrainian president says he is ready to go to Budapest for a summit with his American and Russian counterparts, but invites the United States to be more firm with Moscow than it was with Hamas to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. interview with NBC Newsafter his Friday interview with Donald Trump.
Vladimir Poutine “It looks a lot like Hamas, but it is stronger (…). That’s why we have to put more pressure”estimates Volodymyr Zelensky in this interview, which aired in its entirety on Sunday. While I called the Russian president “terrorist”he says he is open to meeting again.
“If we really want a just and lasting peace, we need both sides involved in this tragedy. How can there be agreements without us, when it comes to us?”he wonders. When asked whether he will ask to be present in Budapest when the summit takes place, the Ukrainian president replied: “I’m ready.”
After a telephone conversation with the Russian president, Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would meet him in Budapest “in the next two weeks”. No date has been formally set at this time. The American president also estimated that the war would have to take place “stop immediately, on the front line.”
“I understand that we have to end this war and start from where the soldiers are, from the line of contact”continues Volodymyr Zelensky in the interview with NBC News. “If we want to end this war and urgently begin peace negotiations through diplomacy, we must stay where we are, without ceding more to Putin.”
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