President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet as early as the end of February after a delegation from Washington and Moscow met in Saudi Arabia this week to re-establish diplomatic ties. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
Kallas' comments came after she held a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, the U.K., Italy and Germany on Tuesday night to discuss the U.S. talks with Russian in Saudi Arabia, in which Washington agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties with Moscow through reopening embassies and re-engaging geopolitically and economically.
Concern in Europe has been mounting over the Trump administration’s push to find a solution to end the war in Ukraine, as neither told reporters from Turkey on Wednesday following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan. "Where are we at this negotiating table? This war is taking place inside Ukraine. Putin is killing Ukrainians, not Americans."
"We want a just peace, a lasting peace, a sustainable peace," he added.
While Rubio looked to set the record straight following the talks on Tuesday by agreeing that Ukraine, Europe and Russia will need to be involved in any ceasefire terms, some comments by Trump have prompted
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks during a joint press conference in Kyiv on May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
"We need American strength not concessions to end this war on Ukraine’s terms," Kallas told Fox News Digital. "Handing Ukrainian territory to Putin on a plate is a losing strategy."
