“Our position, unchanged.” The conclusions transmitted by Nicușor Dan after the Trump-Putin summit

President Nicușor Dan states, in a message posted on the X network, that the meeting in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and the Russian Vladimir Putin represents “a first stage to start peace negotiations” in the war triggered by Russia in Ukraine, negotiations that “must take into account the interests of Ukraine”. According to the head of state, it is “essential for Trump to put pressure on Russia to continue negotiations. Russia must be clearly engaged on the path of peace, and the attacks will cease.”

“The meeting in Alaska was a first stage to start peace negotiations. Efforts in this direction of President Donald Trump are meant to stop this illegal war and prepare the way to a fair and sustainable peace. These negotiations must take into account the interests of Ukraine, but also of the Europeans. That President Zelenski will go to Washington to talk to President Trump about the next steps, ”wrote President Dan in his message.

“For Ukraine it is also essential for President Donald Trump to put pressure on Russia to continue negotiations. We support his efforts to organize a trilateral summit. Russia must be clearly engaged, and attacks on civilians and civil infrastructure must cease.”

“International borders should not be changed by force”

Nicușor Dan also reports that “our position has remained unchanged, in support of Ukraine and principles related to sovereignty and territorial integrity and reaching an unconditional cessation of hostilities. International borders should not be changed by force.”

“Within the will coalition we discussed the insurance of the necessary security guarantees, and the involvement of the US announced by President Donald Trump is salutary and at the same time determining in the peace process,” says the head of state, pointing to Romania “remains essential to maintain the transatlantic unity and the coordination between the US, the US.”

The Alaska meeting was a first stage to start peace negotiations.

Efforts in this direction of President Donald Trump are meant to stop this illegal war and prepare the way to a fair and sustainable peace.

These negotiations must take into account…

– Nicușor Dan (@nicusordanro) August 16, 2025

The first reaction transmitted by Romania at the official level after the Trump-Putin meeting on Friday night, which ended after almost three hours without an agreement to cease for Ukraine, came from the Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu, who also stated in an X message, that the summit in Alaska was “a first step to the unlocking”, and Romania will continue to unlock “.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski also announced that he had spoke an hour on the phone with Donald Trump after the summit, and on Monday he will go to Washington to discuss with him “all the details on the cessation of killings and war.”