Putin said he is willing to work on a ‘memorandum’ about ‘a possible future peace agreement’, but did not accept an unconditional truce of 30 days that Trump sought
The head of the diplomacy of Kaja Kallas, asked on Tuesday (20) to that adopt a “strong action” if Russia does not accept an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. Washington has already announced that if Russia does not agree with an unconditional ceasefire, there would be consequences. So we want to see the consequences from the United States, ”said Estonian Kallas before a ministerial meeting in Brussels.
United States President Donald Trump had a long telephone conversation with his Russian homologist Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine. Trump revealed details of the dialogue to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and rulers from various European countries.
The US president publicly announced that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately start” negotiations for a ceasefire. Putin said he is willing to work with Ukraine in a “memo” about “a possible future peace agreement,” but did not accept the 30-day unconditional ceasefire that Trump was looking for.
After learning details of what was talked about between Trump and Putin, Germany’s head of government, Friedrich Merz, said the EU should increase pressure on Russia with the adoption of sanctions.
The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, said the conversation between Trump and Putin made it clear that the Russian “is not ready to make concessions.” Pistorius said Putin “is not really interested in peace” and is willing to speak only of “a ceasefire under conditions.”
*With information from AFP
