“The peace that should prevail must be strong, lasting, meeting the requirements of international law and stability. There can be no other peace, Europeans have always been convinced of this,” Macron said after the summit of the European Union's Mediterranean countries in Portoroz, Slovenia.
Therefore, in his opinion, European countries and Ukraine “should sit at the table” during Trump's meeting with Putin.
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What did Zelensky say about Hungary as a place for talks?
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Earlier on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to go to Budapest in connection with the planned meeting between Trump and Putin. However, he said that Hungary was not a good place to talk about peace in his country because it was about “peace in Ukraine, not elections in Hungary.”
“I don't think that the Prime Minister (Hungarian Viktor Orban), who is blocking Ukraine everywhere, can do anything positive for Ukrainians, or at least something moderate,” Zelensky said in a conversation with journalists.
