Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said over the weekend that he will not accept any deal made between the United States and Russia about his country unless he is part of the negotiations and agrees with the deal.
Zelensky made the remarks during a Sunday interview with NBC News’ “Meet The Press” with host Kristen Welker when asked about President Donald Trump’s remarks about Ukraine last week.
“He did not say yes when he was asked if he sees Ukraine as an equal member in the peace process,” Welker said. “He did say later that Ukraine would have a seat at the table.”
“Have you been given any assurances that Ukraine will have an equal seat at the negotiating table?” she asked.
“I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine,” He responded. “Never. And our people, never. And our adults, and children, and everybody, it can’t be so.”
“The war in Ukraine is against us, and it is our human losses,” he continued. “And we are thankful for all the support, unity between USA – in USA around Ukraine support, bipartisan unity, bipartisan support, we’re thankful for all of this.”
“But there is not any leader in the world who can really make a deal with
Putin without us about us,” he added. “Of course, the United States can have a lot of decisions, economical partnership, and et cetera. We’re not happy with it, but they can have with Russians. But not about this war without us. And that’s why I think that what we need, very closely to work and quicker.”
He said that the U.S. was the country’s largest strategic partner and that they were ready to share their plan with the U.S. to bring the war to a close.
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