President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in Davos, Switzerland, that the territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia remains unresolved after his conversation with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday.
The forum’s agenda has been dominated by the diplomatic response to Trump’s threats to gain control of NATO ally Denmark’s mineral-rich Arctic territory, Greenland. But, after a false start on Wednesday, the two leaders finally held a “good” meeting – in Trump’s word – on Thursday.
“It’s all about the eastern part of our country. It’s all about the land. This is the issue which we [have) not solved yet,” Zelensky told reporters afterwards, as per AFP.
The US administration has been determinedly upbeat about the state of negotiations to end Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine since before Christmas – perhaps, as it turns out, with some merit. Zelensky also said that he and Trump had finalized the terms of US security guarantees for Ukraine – describing them as “done.”
“The document has to be signed by the sides, by the presidents, and then will go to national parliaments,” he told reporters.
As per Reuters, Zelensky also said that negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the US would hold trilateral meetings for the first time in Abu Dhabi later this week.
“It will be the first trilateral meeting in the Emirates. It will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow,” he told press after his address. “Russians have to be ready for compromises.”
Zelensky used his address to the WEF to call for greater unity within Europe, warning that Europe is divided, unprepared, and at risk as Russia’s war enters its fourth year.