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Peace negotiations on the war in Ukraine could start this winter, Donald Tusk he said on Tuesday as Warsaw seeks to play a leading role in ending the conflict.
Poland was one of Kiev‘s most frequent supporters since then RussiaInvasion in 2022, and Prime Minister Tusk has promised to be heavily involved in any negotiations once they begin European Unionrotating presidency in January. 1.
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“As you can imagine, our delegation will, among other things, be co-responsible for what the political calendar will look like, perhaps what the situation will be during the negotiations, which could, although it is still a question mark, start in the winter of this year,” he said. is he.
Tusk said Emmanuel Macron would visit Warsaw on Thursday to summarize his talks in Paris last weekend with US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
He said that he is in constant contact with Scandinavian and Baltic allies, and that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Warsaw early next year.
“I really want Poland to be a country that will not only be present, but will set the tone for these decisions that will bring us security and secure Polish interests,” Tusk said.
On Monday, Zelensky made the case for a diplomatic solution to the war, and his latest comments suggest Kiev is increasingly open to negotiations, but he said he had told Trump and Macron that he did not believe Putin wanted to end the war.
However, the Kremlin said on Tuesday that the war would continue until the goals set by Vladimir Putin were met through military action or negotiations.
Separately, Ukraine says Zelensky will raise the issue of being invited to NATO during a meeting with European partners later this month.
“One of the issues on the agenda of such a meeting will certainly be the issue we are now discussing about receiving the application for membership and the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine until joining NATO,” said Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office.
“It is absolutely clear that the issue of Ukraine’s membership in NATO, unfortunately, remains unattainable for now. I mean, as long as the Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, until we win. And so today… we need adequate guarantees of our security before we join NATO.”
Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.