President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said Europe is ready to keep working with Ukraine and the U.S. to consolidate the progress in the efforts to end the Russian-Ukrainian war.
She made the statement after U.S. President Donald Trump held talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Palm Beach, Florida.
Ursula von der Leyen held a phone call with Trump and Zelensky and other leaders.
"We had a good, one-hour-long call with the President of the United States, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders to discuss their meeting today on peace negotiations. There was good progress, which we welcomed. Europe is ready to keep working with Ukraine and our US partners to consolidate this progress. Paramount to this effort is to have ironclad security guarantees from day one,” Ursula von der Leyen said on X.
After more than three hours of talks, neither Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky nor his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, announced any major breakthroughs in the effort to end the conflict. Both emphasized the process was complicated and would take more time.
Yet unlike some previous meetings, Trump praised Zelensky and remained confident that peace was near, CNN reported.
Trump said negotiators are getting “closer” to a Ukraine peace deal. He acknowledged that “thorny issues” remain. Trump said he spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the hours ahead of the meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
