Nicușor Dan, about the Trump-Putin meeting: “I did not see any sign that Russia would like its peace”/ What does Ukraine's help say

President Nicuşor Dan stated, asked about the meeting on Friday night, from Alaska, between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, that he would like to have an immediate cessation of fire after this meeting, but that he is “relatively pessimistic”. “In everything that Russia has done so far, I have not seen any sign that they would like its peace,” said Nicuşor Dan, quoted by News.ro.

Asked, on Friday, after the service of the Brâncoveanu Monastery, from Sâmbăta de Sus, where he was with his family, how important is the Trump-Putin meeting, in Alaska, Nicuşor Dan replied that it is “very important to all Europe”, but that it is “more important as you are on the east”.

“The more you are, the more important the meeting is”

“The more you are to the east, the more important it is. As you know, it was a discussion of the Europeans and their allies, Canada, Turkey participated very promising, in the discussion of the will of the will coalition, the Vice -President of the United States participated. So the good thing is that Europe is aligned with the United States on this one. Russia, I did not see any sign that they would like peace.

The head of state said that if there is no immediate cessation of fire, then it is important to continue the economic pressure on Russia.

“If this did not happen (n. Red. A cessation of fire), what was discussed at this meeting of the coalition for will was that Russia suffers economically as a result of the sanctions that the Western countries have applied. And then it is important that, if we do not have the cessation of fire, we will continue with these economic pressures,”

Asked what would be a fair denouement for Ukraine, the negotiations, if these negotiations were, the president replied: “We cannot expect pragmatically that Russia who entered the Ukrainian territory, following this discussion, to say, withdraw and leave … But a cessation of fire would be good for the world, for the world, for the world, for the world. This is the point we are again.

The stake of the help given to Ukraine

In connection with the approach of the Eastern European countries to Russia, including Romania, and if the Romanians should worry, President Nicuşor Dan said that, “fortunately”, Romania is not neighbor to Russia.

“Fortunately, we are not neighbors with Russia, but, on the other hand, we have a hybrid war that we see. And it does not see only Romania. We saw it in the German elections, we see it in many European countries, in the Republic of Moldova, the more powerful the parliamentary elections from the end of September. Near, and the fact that Ukraine resists means that we are further from this danger.

The head of state stressed that, fortunately, many “richer than Romania” countries have realized the danger and contributed “much, much more than Romania”, especially countries in Western Europe, to support Ukraine.

“Fortunately, Ukraine resists and Russia's economy is under great pressure. So there is no problem of imminent danger to Romania at the moment. This is the news that we give Romania. Only, without all this support that everyone has given Ukraine, today Russia would be neighbor to Romania.