The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States, Marco Rubio, Steve Witkeov, to President Donald Trump, held high -level talks with the Ukrainian and European authorities in Paris at a summit on Thursday (17) to strengthen the Ukrainian defenses against the Russian invasion.
“A very strong strategic opportunity,” said a source from Elsi (the French presidency) after negotiations, with meetings in Paris.
Ukraine and the three European countries confirmed their support for Trump’s efforts to clarify a rapid end of the war, according to the source.
The source added that more meetings will be held next week in London with the same coordination. Tami Bruce, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not mention whether Rubio will participate in the discussions.
S. French President Emmanuel Macron He said on Thursday’s talks bearing a “day of diplomatic mobilization” mark in a post on social networks.
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Macron said: “Today, we participate in a positive and constructive discussion on how to achieve a ceasefire and a comprehensive and lasting peace,” Macron said.
Zelensky Macron thanked his leadership and for the work of the representatives of the two countries participating in Paris, in a post on social networks.
“It is important to hear each other, refine and clarify our positions and work for the real security of Ukraine and all Europe,” he said.
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– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Zelenskyyua) April 17, 2025
Trump told reporters on Thursday The United States “will hear” Russians “this week” About the Americans’ suggestion for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
“We will hear them this week very soon, in fact, and we will see. But we want to stop. We want death and murder to stop,” the president told reporters in the Oval Hall.
Trump added that although he is not a “great admirer” in Zelinski, he is not considered the Ukrainian leader responsible for the war.
“I do not consider Zelinski responsible, but I am not completely enthusiastic about the fact that the war started. It was a war that you never were president,” Trump told reporters.
If Trump’s promise to end the war is reflected in one day, it is possible that hope will fail to ensure a full truce until Easter – at the end of this week -. Russia has intensified its attacks against Ukraine in recent weeks, despite Washington’s initiatives with Moscow.
For European allies in Kyiv, the summit offered an opportunity to assess the thinking of Trump’s government about the war in Ukraine. Ukrainians and their allies were concerned about Trump and Wikkov conversations in Carmeen, and they may have seen negotiations as an opportunity to disturb and remove these perceptions.
after He meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third time last weekWitkeov Fox News told that any peace agreement in Ukraine will focus on “so -called five regions”, referring to the Peninsula of the Peninsula of Crimea, and the four continental Ukrainian regions that Russia has occupied since its widely invaded in 2022, and has previously suggested that Kiev could have to study.
Oleksand Merezko, an integral part of the Ucrosal Parliament, tells us CNN On Tuesday, Witkoff may be “with all the respect … he unintentionally tries to pay spirit -supporting novels.”
Far away
Despite its ambitious promises, the Trump administration has struggled to negotiate a permanent peace agreement between the countries of the conflict.
After the White House has briefly cut off the arms supplies and shared information to Ukraine in March, Kiev quickly agreed with a 30 -day ceasefire.
After separate talks with the Russian and Ukrainian authorities at the end of the same month, the White House said they agreed with a ceasefire in energy and the Black Sea only for Karmlin to announce that the agreement will not only implement the sanctions on their banks and export them.
The Center for Wrong Information Control, which is the Ukrainian reflection group, indicated that the alleged truce did not do much to restrict Russia’s aggression. Within 22 days of truce, the Russian army killed nearly 2.5 times more than Ukrainian than during the same period before its announcement, the center said on Tuesday’s update.
In a sign of the increasing irritation of Moscow, Trump said last week that “Russia should move”, but it did not make final dates or a warning if not.
While the Paris Summit was ongoing, Kirill Demetz, a high Russian negotiator, said that many countries are trying to “boycott” Russia’s dialogue with the United States. He said that Putin’s last meeting with Witkeov was “very fruitful”, but the dialogue was taking place in “very difficult circumstances – ongoing attacks, continuous misleading information.”
