Key statements by Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his meeting with Mark Rutte
Key messages from the press conference of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
▫️The visit to Washington was historically important; agreements on security guarantees were reached. Formats of a potential meeting with russian leader were also discussed — whether bilateral or trilateral.
▫️The issue of ending the war must be resolved at the level of leaders. But we see that russians are doing everything to prevent such a meeting from happening.
▫️Ukraine, unlike russia, is not afraid of meetings with leaders. We are ready to work as productively as possible.
▫️russia must be forced into diplomacy. Truly strong sanctions are needed if they refuse a diplomatic resolution of the war. Everything must be done so that russia can no longer hide from a meeting.
▫️Ukraine has reached an understanding with partners regarding security guarantees, discussions on their content are ongoing. The United States is ready to be part of the security guarantees.
▫️The guarantees must be equivalent to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty. An architecture must be formed that involves countries and ensures security at sea and in the air.
▫️Turkey wants to be part of Ukraine’s security guarantees, taking responsibility for maritime security.
▫️The PURL program, which allows the purchase of American weapons with partners’ funds, is already operational. There are already $1.5 billion allocated by partners.
▫️U.S. President Donald Trump is, as of today, the only person who can stop putin.
▫️Ukraine has no agreements with the russians regarding a bilateral meeting. Ukraine had an agreement with U.S. President Donald Trump.
▫️russia did not want and still does not want to end the war. They are doing everything to prevent the U.S. from imposing sanctions against them.
