Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski showed this Sunday willing to give up your position If, in return, entry into NATO is offered to Ukraine in order to achieve peace in the country.
“Don’t have No intention to hold on to power For decades, “Zelenski said at a press conference.” I’m willing to resign if this means peace in Ukraineand I could also exchange my position for entry into NATO, “he added during the ‘Ukraine: 2025’ forum.
These comments from Zelenski, collected by the 24TV Ukrainian chain, take place less than 24 hours from commemoration, tomorrow Monday, of the Third anniversary of the Russian invasion of the country.
Throughout the day of ceremonies, the president of Ukraine will receive a dozen European leaders with whom he will treat the current situation of the war, marked by the bilateral approaches between the United States and Russiathat threaten to leave kyiv already Europe in the background.
“Tomorrow will probably be a turning point,” Zelenski said before claiming that There will be no peace in the conflict without Ukraine being an integral part of the negotiations: “It is not that we are invited to the table, it is our table.”
Agreement proposed by the US
At the same time, Zelenski insisted on his availability to sign the agreement proposed by the US to benefit from 50% of Ukrainian natural resources, but reaffirmed that he must include clear security guarantees for Ukraine And he said that he will not sign anything to mortgage the future of several generations of Ukrainians. “I will not sign anything that has to be paid for generations and generations of Ukrainians.”
The Ukrainian President again claimed the right of the Ukrainian party to demand their own conditions in the agreement. “I just want a Dialogue with President Trump“
In this context, the president raised the possibility that in the natural resources that Ukraine could share with the US, those found in the deposits that are under Russian control are included. “Let’s do 50-50 including occupied territories“said the Ukrainian president, who explained that this would stimulate US’s interest in helping kyiv recover these territories.
New conversations between Russia and the United States
For their part, Russia and the US will celebrate their second round of diplomatic consultations at the end of next week, according to Serguéi Riabkov, Russian Foreign Vice Minister. “We are Open to contacts with the US partin particular on the most irritating issues in bilateral relations. We hope real advances When the planned meeting occurs by the end of next week, “said Tass. This meeting will be held in a third country, will take place at the level of department directors.
Riabkov has already stressed that there is the agreement to address in depth through “integral consultations” all “annoying” issues that hinder the normalization of relationships. The diplomat said that Washington Study at this time the proposals That the Russian delegation presented him last Tuesday in the first round held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. “We greet the change of tone by American part,” he said.
Among the Russian prioritieshighlighted the return of the six diplomatic properties arrested in the territory of the US, the increase in the number of diplomats and the approval of the Russian ambassador after the resignation of its predecessor before the presidential elections.
In this context, Kremlin has called not to prevent two world leaders such as Putin and Trump from opening a peace process in Ukraine. “For us the important thing is that no one prevents us from putting into practice the political will of the two heads of state to open a peaceful arrangement process,” said Dmitri Peskov, presidential spokesman.
