Representatives of Ukraine, the US, the EU and NATO will hold a security meeting in Brussels: details
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a security meeting planned for this week in Brussels with the participation of representatives of Ukraine, the United States, the EU and NATO. The talks are expected to focus on security guarantees and initiatives to end the war.
He spoke about this in an interview with TSN .
According to Zelensky, last Tuesday, negotiations were held in Oslo with US President’s Special Representative Steve Witkoff, with the participation of Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gaard Støre.
Negotiations were also held in Oslo with the participation of security advisors to the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy, as well as Björn Seibert, head of the cabinet of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
After receiving information about Witkoff’s talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, the European side initiated a broader discussion of security issues.
“Now they don’t want a briefing, but a broad talk about security, about guarantees, about the EU, they want a meeting this week in Brussels – the Americans, Ukraine, the EU at the level of the president and NATO at the level of the secretary general,” Zelenskyy said.
According to him, the meeting is tentatively planned for Tuesday or Wednesday. The president also noted that he does not yet know whether other participants will join the negotiations.
The day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine would not agree to a limitation on the size of the army and neutral status within the framework of negotiations . Kyiv is ready to discuss the issue of territories only at the level of state leaders, despite US proposals for a possible exchange of territories.
As reported, negotiations between Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and US President’s special representative Steve Witkoff have concluded in St. Petersburg. The parties discussed a possible peaceful settlement of the war in Ukraine for about three hours.
Later, US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced that the US, Ukraine and Russia would continue peace talks in a trilateral format at a technical level . The American side called the previous meetings constructive and announced further work on a peace agreement.
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