Merz stresses importance of protecting interests of European, Ukrainian in Alaska’s summit
(MENAFN) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized on Wednesday that both European and Ukrainian interests must be preserved during the upcoming US-Russia summit in Alaska. Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin, after a videoconference with US President Donald Trump, Merz highlighted that important decisions could be made at the Friday meeting.
"We Europeans are therefore doing everything in our power to set the course for this meeting in the right direction. We want President Donald Trump to succeed on Friday in Anchorage,” Merz said, referring to the summit in Alaska’s largest city.
“Fundamental European and Ukrainian security interests must be safeguarded in Alaska. That was the message we as Europeans conveyed to US President Trump today, and I can say we were in strong agreement both in our assessment of the current situation and in the achievable goal for next Friday,” he added.
Merz noted that European leaders had already communicated their expectations over the weekend, and top diplomats have spent the past few days discussing these points with their US counterparts. “The American president knows that when the United States works toward peace in Ukraine that protects European and Ukrainian interests, then he can rely on our full support and count on it,” he said.
The chancellor also outlined five key points representing Europe’s expectations for the talks. “We have made it clear that Ukraine must be at the table as soon as there are follow-up meetings. We want negotiations to be conducted in the correct order. A ceasefire must be the starting point. Key elements should then be agreed upon in a framework agreement,” Merz said.
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