The United States envoy for the war in Ukraine Keith Kellogg said on Friday that he had held "extensive and positive" discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
On the social network X, Mr. Kellogg wrote that during his visit to Kiev on Thursday, he had also spoken with Mr. Zelenskiy's "talented national security team," as he called it.
For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that his talks with US envoy Keith Kellogg "restored hope" towards reaching an agreement with Washington, A2 reports.
"We need a strong agreement with America, an agreement that will really work. Economic interests and security interests must go hand in hand. The details of the agreement are important. The better they are drafted, the better the result," said Mr. Zelenskiy, in his evening address to the nation.
He added that he had discussed with General Kellogg issues related to the front line, the need to release all Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia, as well as the necessity of a reliable and well-defined system of security guarantees, "so that the war does not return and so that the Russians are no longer able to cripple human lives," as he put it.
“We all need peace – Ukraine, Europe, America – the whole world,” he told Mr. Zelenskiy.
The Ukrainian president also said he had spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron and shared with him "views on security guarantees" for Ukraine and the next steps in the latest diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia.
Mr. Macron is expected to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday.
The meeting in Kiev between US President Donald Trump's envoy for the conflict in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took place while tensions between Washington and Kiev were rising due to mutual accusations between President Trump and President Zelenskiy.
After accusing Mr. Trump of living in a space of Russian disinformation, in response to the American leader's comments that it was Ukraine that started the war 3 years ago, Mr. Zelenskiy then offered a more conciliatory tone.
President Trump, however, continued to refer to Mr. Zelenskiy as an "unelected dictator," stressing that if he did not act quickly, he risked losing his job.
President Trump is pushing for a quick deal to end the war, which has alarmed Washington's European allies, worried that they were left out, along with Ukraine, in initial talks with Russia and that the deal could be more favorable to Moscow than Kiev. (A2 Televizion)
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