“We are very close. We spoke with the European leaders, those of NATO, Ursula von der Leyen: we had excellent talks. We covered 95%, we made a lot of progress.” The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said this at the end of the summit for Ukraine with Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago. “This is a very complicated war. I have solved others, we will solve this one too. I don’t know when, but I think we will succeed. We will succeed, we will get there”, he then added, explaining that he had been on the phone with Vladimir Putin “for two and a half hours. We talked about many things. He also wants peace. If things go well it could take a couple of weeks”.
«We had a productive joint phone call with European leaders, including NATO and the EU, and agreed that we will meet in the coming weeks to finalize the issues discussed. We have agreed with Trump that he will perhaps host us in Washington – European leaders and the Ukrainian delegation – in January. Ukraine is ready for peace.” Volodymyr Zelensky said this next to Donald Trump after their meeting at Mar-a-Lago.
«It is a difficult issue, you know our position and we must respect our law and our people and the territory we control. Our attitude is very clear” and “we have different positions with Russia” explained Zelensky. «The referendum is one of the keys, we could have a referendum for every kind of point of the plan, or we could not use it. We can also use a vote of parliament or a referendum, it doesn’t matter. If the plan will be very difficult for our society, it is the society that must choose because it is its land”, he added.
US President Donald Trump once again praised European leaders, recalling that they “spent a lot of money to help Ukraine”. “They are doing it for themselves,” he added, “because Ukraine is a very important country for them, their lives are important for us.” «You know» he added «we are thousands and thousands of miles away and we are protected by something called the Atlantic Ocean, while they are not, they are there, but we are working together as we should. But I want to save lives.”