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I thought he was straight up with me."
Speaking to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson last month, Trump's envoy said
A deadline is needed, because it is Easter and because President Donald Trump will have been in office for three months,
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I commend President Trump for breaking the deadlock, for getting the discussion going, for getting this initial 30-day ceasefire on the energy infrastructure, steps taken about the Black Sea. Of course, we hope for more. I know that the American administration is working day and night to get it done,
Rutte stated
We have not heard from Trump a signal to Kyiv to end the war."
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov saidI don't think the U.S. has given up on inducing Russia into a deal, but the administration may also have to weigh the benefits of stepping up the pressure track to get Moscow to bend toward a compromise."
Peter Rough, director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia at the Hudson Institute, told NewsweekI think we are now past the opening phase of diplomacy and we're seeing the U.S. begin to contemplate its second- and third-order moves,
Rough addedRight now, the most important thing in dealing with Trump and his administration is to maintain dignity, not get too battered and take care of a little of your own business,
says a Polish diplomat familiar with the current power dynamics in Washington, D.C.He is everywhere now, people are talking about him, he is associated with national security and at the same time, in the eyes of many, he's a tough guy,
Newsweek's interviewee saysAfter this exchange of views, Kellogg called Radek to talk about the negotiations in Saudi Arabia, and there was no mention of it at all,
a person familiar with behind-the-scenes contact between the head of Polish diplomacy and the U.S. tells Newsweek
I served with Polish soldiers, I was in Poland, and I don't know of any country that is more pro-American than Poland,
Republican Congressman Don Bacon told CNN
For the sake of Polish diplomacy—maybe someone should take away Sikorski's Twitter account? Preferably before it leads to the U.S. withdrawing its soldiers from Poland,
warned former Deputy Head of the MFA Paweł JabłońskiThe gentlemen traded blows and we are moving on. They just know that Radek will not stand by passively and take it. Besides, they have to reckon with him because, regardless of the narrative in Poland, he is an extremely serious player in Europe. He works closely with the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, conducts some of the talks as her representative and has excellent connections in Kyiv,
the Newsweek source addsRadosław Sikorski is the right man in the right place at the right time,
claims former Minister of Foreign Affairs Adam Daniel Rotfeld
We keep in constant touch, but there is nothing like a direct conversation,
says Sikorski after the meeting
Thank you, @elonmusk."
Katarzyna Sójka, former health minister, tweetedYou have no idea how many senior party members are calling Radek right now, inviting him for a coffee, assuring him of their support,
a person from Sikorski's circle saysBut what quarrel with Musk? Give me a break,
shrugs a person from Sikorski's circleWhy is a White House official, who was not even elected, humiliating a Polish foreign minister?"
he addedWe’re sharing this information with the United States, and we see America is beginning to understand it."
He said
It will be the first in-depth meeting... based on proposals prepared by the Ukrainian side."
He said