“Ukraine will insist on this, and it will have the full support of Germany in doing so,” Wadephul said
Turkiye had also held separate meetings with Moscow and Kyiv before getting the sides together
ANKARA: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said the planned Budapest talks between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were a second attempt to make the Russian president recognize the need to negotiate seriously with Ukraine.
“I see the talks in Budapest as a second attempt, after the talks in Alaska, to convince Putin at last to negotiate seriously with Ukraine,” he told reporters during a trip to Turkiye.
“Ukraine will insist on this, and it will have the full support of Germany in doing so,” he added.
Speaking alongside Wadephul, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he did not view the meeting in Budapest as one that excludes Ukraine, adding Turkiye had also held separate meetings with Moscow and Kyiv before getting the sides together for three rounds of talks in Istanbul.
“I don’t think him meeting with Mr. Putin here means taking a decision in Ukraine’s absence, the United States does not have a mediator approach in that sense here, they are talking to both sides separately,” Fidan said.
“Now, he is meeting Mr. Zelensky first and he will get the latest data from him. Then, he will meet with Mr. Putin and we think he will have a picture emerging then,” he said.
Budapest is another stab at getting Putin to negotiate seriously with Ukraine, German foreign minister says
Budapest is another stab at getting Putin to negotiate seriously with Ukraine, German foreign minister says
Hamas says UN Gaza resolution does not meet Palestinians’ rights
- The UN Security Council voted earlier Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state
- The statement decried the establishment of an international force whose “mission includes the disarmament” of Palestinian groups in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories : Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they rejected Monday’s UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed in the territory, saying it fails to respect the “demands and rights” of the Palestinians.
“This resolution does not meet the level of our Palestinian people’s political and humanitarian demands and rights,” the Islamist militant group said in a statement.
The statement also decried the establishment of an international force whose “mission includes the disarmament” of Palestinian groups in Gaza.
“The resolution imposes an international trusteeship on the Gaza Strip, which our people, its forces, and its constituent groups reject,” the statement continued.
The UN Security Council voted earlier Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.
There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which Washington heralded after the vote as “historic and constructive,” with only Russia and China abstaining — but no vetoes.
