2025-12-26 19:05
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2025-12-26 19:05
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the American website Axios on Friday that he is ready to submit the peace plan negotiated with the help of US President Donald Trump to a referendum if Russia agrees to at least a 60-day ceasefire.
Zelensky emphasized that Trump's plan requires painful territorial concessions from Kiev, so he may have to seek the consent of the Ukrainian people if he fails to achieve a “strong” position on the territorial issue.
According to him, holding such a referendum would involve serious political, logistic and security complications, which is why it would require at least a 60-day ceasefire.
It's better not to organize a referendum than to organize one in which people do not have the opportunity to come and vote, Zelensky said, as quoted by Axios.
As he noted, it is not yet clear whether Russia is even ready to agree to Trump's plan.
The President admitted that most of the points of bilateral agreements with the US have already been agreed and included in five documents, although a sixth may be added.
On Friday, Zelensky confirmed that he plans to meet Trump in Florida next Sunday. The meeting is to discuss the draft peace agreement, security guarantees and the possibility of putting pressure on Moscow.
On Wednesday, the President of Ukraine presented a new, 20-point peace plan proposal developed by the US, which is the result of consultations with the parties to the conflict. It provides for, among others:
- reconfirmation of Ukraine's sovereign status,
- freezing the conflict on current contact lines,
- a solid development package for Ukraine,
- activities to rebuild the country,
- accelerating the process of concluding a free trade agreement between Ukraine and the USA,
- elections in the country as soon as possible after the end of the war.
He added that an agreement to end the war in Ukraine would be an agreement between the US, Ukraine, Europe and Russia. He added that Ukraine's accession to NATO remains a decision of the Alliance's member states, but Kiev will not give up this prospect. (PAP)
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