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BERLIN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said European leaders had laid out terms for a ceasefire in Ukraine that would protect their security interests in a call on Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump.
European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held the call with Trump in a bid to influence his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, the first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021.
"We have made it clear that Ukraine must be at the table as soon as follow-up meetings take place," Merz said in at the joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
"We want negotiations to proceed in the right order, with a ceasefire at the outset."
President Zelensky has made it that Ukraine will not cede land to Russia, under the Constitution of Ukraine he is not allowed to do so. Zelensky warned that Putin is not to be trusted. He knows that only to well.
European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held the call with Trump in a bid to influence his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, the first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021.
"We have made it clear that Ukraine must be at the table as soon as follow-up meetings take place," Merz said in at the joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
"We want negotiations to proceed in the right order, with a ceasefire at the outset."
President Zelensky has made it that Ukraine will not cede land to Russia, under the Constitution of Ukraine he is not allowed to do so. Zelensky warned that Putin is not to be trusted. He knows that only to well.