Trump's Approach to Negotiations 'Not Fair', Says Zelensky, as Talks End in Switzerland https://t.co/tXXUOVSIJN
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It is “not fair” that U.S. President Donald Trump more often calls on Ukraine to compromise to achieve peace than Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said amid “difficult” two-day peace talks in Switzerland.
Two-day Ukraine War peace talks broke abruptly and apparently early on Wednesday morning, the second day’s session having lasted just two hours, amid remarks from both sides about how arduous progress had been so far. And even as the Ukrainian leader observed that he saw what could be a “final stage” in talks, he decried Russia for trying to further “drag out” progress and the United States for what he was was unfairly calling on Kyiv to do more for peace than Moscow.
President Volodymyr Zelensky made the remarks on Tuesday as the first session of this week’s trilateral peace talks got underway in Geneva, Switzerland, reports Axios, which states he said it is “not fair” that President Trump called on Ukraine to make concessions and not Russia. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian leader conceded that it was a different story behind closed doors, it was reported, and that there was “respect” with U.S. negotiators.