Zaleski and Trump address the media after the conversation.
Digital Desk, New Delhi. On Sunday, America's Donald Trump welcomed Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to his estate in Florida for important talks on ending the war with Russia. The two leaders stood outside the Mar-a-Lago resort and addressed journalists.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war are in the final stages. "I think we're in the final stages of negotiations and we'll see. Otherwise this is going to go on for a very long time," Trump said. He also said that he has no deadline for this process.
'There will be a strong agreement for the security of Ukraine'
Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was very serious about peace. He further said that there will be a strong agreement to guarantee the security of Ukraine, which will include European countries. He said he had a productive conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin a few hours before the meeting with Zelensky.
Trump also said, "Russia wants Ukraine to succeed. This may sound a little strange, but I was explaining to the President, President Putin was very generous to Ukraine's success, including providing energy, power and other things at very low prices. So a lot of good things came out of that call today."
What did Zelensky say?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, "We had excellent talks on all topics and we appreciate the progress made by the American and Ukrainian teams over the past few weeks. We discussed all aspects of the peace framework. There is 90 percent agreement on the 20-point peace plan. There is 100 percent agreement on the US-Ukraine security guarantee and almost agreement on the US-Europe-Ukraine security guarantee. There is 100 percent agreement on the military dimension."
He added, "The prosperity plan is being finalized and we also discussed the course of further action. We agree that security guarantees are a major milestone in achieving lasting peace and our teams will continue to work on all aspects. Ukraine is ready for peace."
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