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The aim of the meeting will be to share information and take stock of the latest contacts with United States Administration representatives and with Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference,
said the invitation to the meeting, which was seen by Reuters But in these 24 hours, what I have seen, was a tremendous sense of unity and of conversions of use, and maybe not on everything and every detail, but still in Alliance, moving united forward,
Talks with Russians in Munich are not expected."
Ukrainian communications adviser, Dmytro Lytvyn, responding to Trump's invite said in statement It would have been better to talk about Ukraine's possible NATO membership or the country's possible loss of territory at the negotiating table first and not take it off the table beforehand,
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters in Brussels The West started to fall apart last night,
Lete concluded, suggesting that translantic cooperation was giving way to US preferences Any deal behind our backs will not work. Any agreement will need also Ukraine and Europe being part of it,
Why are we giving [Russia] everything they want even before the negotiations have started?"
she said to DW and other outlets on the sidelines of the talks Reconstruction of Ukraine is likely to be largely funded by Europe,
he explained from the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference The arguments that have been made that somehow coming to the table right now is making concessions to Vladimir Putin outright that the President of the United States shouldn’t otherwise make — I just reject that at its face."
But when pressed on whether the US would also spell out concessions Russia might have to make, he wouldn’t be drawn, instead saying [Europeans] provide the bulk of financial assistance to Ukraine,
Grand said, pointing to Ukraine's path toward joining the European Union I challenge anyone else to think of a world leader at this moment who, with credibility and strength, could bring those two leaders to the table and forge a durable peace that ultimately serves the interests of Ukraine,
Europeans need to make clear that they stand ready to play the role proposed, ... but they expect in return to have a seat at the table and to shape a settlement that would allow to build a solid and lasting peace."
