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And to my European friends, I would say, get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up (defense) spending,
the NATO secretary-general said at the conference If Trump is negotiating with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin about Europe, then it is impossible to talk about Europe without us,
What we don't want to do is get into a large group discussion,
The U.K. will work to ensure we keep the U.S. and Europe together. We cannot allow any divisions in the alliance to distract from the external enemies we face,
Starmer said, ... according to the Guardian report We feel like Ukraine has to be at the table, and Europe does, too,
This is about Russia, but this is also about Europe,
The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China. It's not any other external actor,
We are talking about comprehensive long-lasting peace — not just the absence of war,
he said of plans to wind down the conflict, We have to end this in a way … that Putin will not capture one square mile or one square kilometer of Ukraine, ... I don’t think it will be a bad deal.”
I think our problem in Europe quite often is that, you know, we talk a lot and we do a little. Right now the ball is in our court,
I don’t know where this came from, or what they expect to be the outcome of these talks where we are not invited.”
One Ukrainian official at the conference expressed exasperation at the news, saying I saw that someone said that there would be a meeting in Saudi Arabia. I do not know what it is,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday Only in the perverse world of Trump diplomacy is the larger invading country given more respect than the country that was invaded — and that the country responsible for horrific war crimes was given the best chance for peace,
said Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Everyone who met with Kellogg here looks like he’s collecting information and not giving it,
said Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker I don’t care if [Trump] meets Putin in Cleveland. I don’t care if they talk. I don’t care if they go on vacation. It doesn’t matter to me what you do as long as you get it right,
said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and a close Trump ally Would I prefer the United States not to be speaking directly with Russia and certainly having Ukraine and Europe involved? Yes, I would prefer that,
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said during an interview at the POLITICO Pub Well, this is not a serious conversation, it seems to me.”
On the prospect of talks without Ukraine at the table, he said There is nothing on the negotiating table that would be worth discussing,
The Americans are approaching European capitals and asking how many soldiers they are ready to deploy,
There's no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine's future or European security structure, without Europeans,
Finland's President Alexander Stubb told reporters in Munich