The United States offered Ukraine “solid” security guarantees against Russia for a period of Extendable for 15 yearsreported the Ukrainian president on Monday Volodymyr ZelenskMe who asked Donald Trump a longer term.
The two frontrunners met in Florida on Sunday to move forward a possible agreement to end the war began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“I really wanted these guarantees to be longer. And I told him that’s something we really want to consider.” the possibility of 30, 40, 50 years” Zelensky said in an online press conference. Trump assured him that he would consider this possibility, he added.
According to Zelensky, it will depend on these security guarantees whether Kyiv repeal of martial law in force from the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
This law prohibits Ukrainian men between the ages of 25 and 60 (who are eligible for recruitment) from leaving the country unless they have special permission.
“We all want the war to end and only then martial law be lifted. This is the only way. However, the lifting of martial law will happen if Ukraine receives security guarantees,” Zelensky told reporters.
“Without security guarantees, this war cannot be considered truly over,” he added.
In any case, the Ukrainian president noted that any agreement to end the war “must be signed by four parties: Ukraine, Europe, the United States and Russia“.
Zelensky said he hoped U.S. and European officials would meet in Ukraine soon.
In his vision, it would be one meeting before the next between European and Ukrainian leaders, before an eventual summit between Donald Trump and European leaders.
“We are all determined to have the meetings I mentioned take place in January. If everything develops little by little after that, I think there will be a meeting with the Russians in one form or another,” Zelensky said.
With agency information
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