French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that any “peace plan” concerning the Russia-Ukraine conflict could only be finalized with both Ukraine and Europe involved in negotiations.
Macron made the remarks at a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace after meeting with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
On issues including frozen Russian assets, security guarantees and Ukraine’s potential accession to the European Union, Macron said agreements “can only be finalized with the Europeans around the table.”
The French president also stressed that “there is no finalized peace plan as such today.”
Zelensky said Ukraine sought to end the conflict “in a dignified manner,” calling for “solid” security guarantees, and noted that the “territorial issue will be the most difficult” in future talks.
According to the Elysee Palace, Macron and Zelensky also held discussions with European leaders as well as U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators on Monday.
President of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics also said on Monday that Europe must also be at the negotiating table, commenting on a possible peace agreement in Ukraine.
Foreign policymakers in Latvia, the North Baltic region, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and most NATO member states agree that three principles should be respected, namely the territorial indivisibility of Ukraine, sovereignty, and security interests, Rinkevics told Latvian Radio programme “Krustpunkta.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with U.S. presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss ending the conflict with Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
A U.S.-proposed 28-point “peace plan” was unveiled two weeks ago. Following its release, representatives from the United States, Ukraine and several European countries met in Geneva on Nov. 23 to discuss the plan.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Witkoff held talks on Sunday with a Ukrainian delegation in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
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