Statement by President Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Starmer,
Chancellor Merz, President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Prime
Minister Tusk, President von der Leyen, President Costa,
Prime Minister Støre, President Stubb and Prime Minister
Frederiksen on Peace for Ukraine
We are all united in our desire for a just and lasting peace,
deserved by the people of Ukraine.
We strongly support President Trump's position that the fighting
should stop immediately, and that the current line of contact
should be the starting point of negotiations. We remain committed
to the principle that international borders must not be changed
by force.
Russia's stalling tactics have shown time and time again that
Ukraine is the only party serious about peace. We can all see
that Putin continues to choose violence and destruction.
Therefore we are clear that Ukraine must be in the strongest
possible position - before, during, and after any ceasefire. We
must ramp up the pressure on Russia's economy and its defence
industry, until Putin is ready to make peace. We are developing
measures to use the full value of Russia's immobilised sovereign
assets so that Ukraine has the resources it needs.
Leaders will meet later this week in the European Council and in
the Coalition of the Willing format to discuss how to take this
work forward and to further support Ukraine.
