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The Sunday email said
I met with the foreign ministers of all of the key countries and our allies in Europe, both in the G7 setting, G7+1 with the EU, and then a separate meeting with what they call the Quint, which is the key countries involved,
Rubio told Catherine Herridge in an interview Friday
Keeping the Ukrainians in their fight and as strong as possible at any negotiating table is critical not only for them, but for the security of the UK
Defence Secretary John Healey said
President Zelensky was democratically elected, and I'm sure that the Prime Minister will have very good and constructive conversations with the president
He told Sky NewsSo today, we're announcing the UK's largest packet of sanctions since the early days of the war, going after Russia's shadow fleet and going after companies in China and elsewhere who are sending military components
Speaking via video link to a conference of global leaders in Kyiv, the Prime Minister addedMy message to Putin's friends in Moscow is simple: you are not welcome in the UK,
he saidIf we want peace to endure, Ukraine must have a seat at the table, and any settlement must be based on a sovereign Ukraine backed up with strong security guarantees
He went onI’ve been watching for years, and I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards. And you get sick of it,
Trump said on Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” FridayYou know, Macron’s a friend of mine, and I met with the prime minister, and you know, he’s a very nice guy, but nobody’s done anything,
Trump saidWe came very, very close to signing something. And I think we will be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia,
Witkoff told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”The president understands how to get deals done. Deals only work when they’re good for all the parties. And that’s the pathway that we’re on here.”
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I would never have believed that I would have to say something like that on television. But at the very least, after Donald Trump’s statements last week, it is clear that the Americans — at least this part of the Americans in this administration — are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe,
Merz saidMy absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA,
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You know, they haven’t done anything,
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I’m going to tell him: ‘You can’t be weak with President Putin. That’s not who you are, it’s not your trademark, it’s not in your interest’,
Macron said Thursday in a Q&A on the internet
We need … to build a security plan for Europe at a time when public opinion isn’t ready. And you can’t do that and manage the withdrawal of some 100,000 American soldiers out of Europe. That is why we can’t break [with Trump],
the diplomat addedThe president is one of the rare leaders who has real experience [with Trump] and who worked closely with Trump during his first mandate,
said a French presidential aide
The United States has thrown down the gauntlet, and the right response is to throw it back with a set of plans on how to respond, and [the Europeans] haven’t done it yet,
said Ivo Daalder, who was U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Barack ObamaThis includes a European contribution of some 30,000 troops, with the U.K. and France taking the lead there,
the EU diplomat said
It started in Munich [at the Munich Security Conference], the whole adventure of U.S. policy realignment. Then it was reinforced by information [that] different actors received in Riyadh [during U.S.-Russia talks] and what was actually discussed there,
Aaltola said in a phone interview