Analysis
José Milhazes says that the meeting between Trump and Zelensky “did not bring fundamental advances” in the peace negotiations for Ukraine and “everything will remain open for the foreseeable future”. Luís Ribeiro says that the only success “will have been keeping Donald Trump on board”.
towards a peace agreement that will already be 95% closed, according to the North American President. But the main obstacles to resolving the conflict remain the same.
José Milhazes, SIC commentator, says that “if steps forward were taken, they were between Ukrainians and North Americans”, because, in relation to Russia, “we are in a kind of dead end, if neither party makes fundamental concessions”.
“As Putin thinks he is strong and considers himself capable of putting pressure on Trump, I think Ukraine will pay the bill”, says José Milhazes.
The SIC commentator considers that the meeting between Trump and Zelensky “did not bring fundamental advances” and “everything will remain open for the foreseeable future”. He says that it remains to be seen how conversations between the US and Russia are taking place.
“I am not belittling the rights of Ukrainians or Europeans, but the situation shows that they have little influence in making a decision on the issue of territories”, adds Milhazes.
Luís Ribeiro, also a commentator for SIC, emphasizes that the USA and Ukraine “have not made much progress” and “the great success of this meeting will have been keeping Donald Trump on board”.
Trump and Zelensky held meeting
Donald Trump in this Domino System of Zelensky, in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in the United States, to debate the 20 points of the new peace agreement for Ukraine, after almost four years of war since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
At the end of the meeting and a videoconference with European leaders, the two leaders held a press conference to explain that the peace agreement is “95%” closed.
“Our meeting was excellent. We made a lot of progress,” says Donald Trump, acknowledging, however, that “there are still one or two complicated issues.”
Volodymyr Zelensky emphasizes that he discussed with his North American counterpart “all aspects of the peace agreement” and that “security guarantees between the US and Ukraine are 100% agreed”.
