According to Czech Prime Minister Petr Fial, negotiations from the last days of the end of the war in Ukraine brought a shift in the matter and also hope for peace. But he does not want to be exaggeratedly optimistic. He appreciated that with the so -called coalition willing to discuss the United States intensively and agree with it on how to proceed. The new sanction package in case Russia does not want to end the war, the EU is also preparing with the US. He said this on Wednesday after the first meeting of his cabinet after government holidays, informs TASR newsletter in Prague.
- The Czech Prime Minister appreciated the shift in peace negotiations in Ukraine.
- The United States supports security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Ukraine should get weapons to ensure future defense.
- The development of Ukraine’s accession negotiations to the EU is important.
“I don’t want it to sound overly optimistic. There is a shift in a blocked thing, some hope that fighting could be fought in Ukraine and a solution could be achieved that will bring lasting peace, but the way to it is still long. However, we have moved somewhere in the international space, that is well and the Czech Republic is undoubtedly an important part of the whole thing, ”Fiala said. Whether the situation is moving towards a positive result, he said.
It considers the creation of sufficient safety guarantees for Ukraine to be important. “The key breakthrough is that the United States is ready to participate in those security guarantees. Only this can ensure permanent peace. They must be specifically and have a deterrent character. This, among other things, means that It is necessary to provide Ukraine with plenty of weapons and military equipment even at the time of the future peace in which we all hope to discourage Russia from another aggression”Said the Czech Prime Minister.
At the online meeting of the European Council, they also talked about In order to move as quickly as possible in the Ukraine’s accession negotiations to the EU, Because this is also part of the security guarantees.
According to Fiala, it does not matter where the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky would occur. According to him, the key question is whether Putin is even ready to participate in such a meeting and show the will to end aggression in Ukraine. “Now it will be shown whether Vladimir Putin is really interested in ending the war and stopping the murder of Ukrainian citizens and children and sitting behind the negotiating table,” added.
