Security officials and heads of governments stress that Ukraine ought to be involved in peace talks, after the US moved to start negotiations with Moscow.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed that peace must not be imposed on Ukraine, just as much as any solution must involve the United States.
Speaking in an interview with Politico released on Thursday, Scholz said: “The next task is to ensure that there is no imposed peace.”
He added that “it is very clear to me that there must be no solution that does not also involve the US.”
Though the statements were released after US President Trump’s controversial call with Russia’s Putin, Politico clarified that the interview was conducted on Wednesday morning, before Trump said he had agreed with Putin on “immediately” starting negotiations on peace in Ukraine.
