on February 17, 2025, 12:45 pm
Ukraine will not accept US-Russia talks outcome if not involved, Zelenskyy says
We’re also now hearing directly from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia.
In comments reported by the Associated Press and Reuters, he said Ukraine won’t take part in US-Russia talks this week on ending the war and won’t accept the outcome of the talks if Ukraine doesn’t take part.
Speaking to journalists on a conference call from the United Arab Emirates, Zelenskyy said his government had not been invited to Tuesday’s planned talks in Saudi Arabia.
He said they would “yield no results,” given the absence of any Ukrainian officials.
“Ukraine regards any negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine as ones that have no result, and we cannot recognise … any agreements about us without us,” he said.
The Ukrainian president also said that “for the first time” he noted some interest from China over any settlement of Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy also pushed back on the floated idea of a minerals agreement with the US, saying that Ukraine cannot be just seen as a “simple supplier of raw materials,” and that any deal would need to include “at least somehow” additional security guarantees.
The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide.
Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
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