Zelenskyy reveals whether Ukraine will join Trump's "Board of Peace"
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine will only be able to consider joining the "Board of Peace" being set up by US President Donald Trump after the war is over, because Ukraine does not think it is possible to sit at the same table with Russia and Belarus.
Source: Zelenskyy speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine has received an invitation from Trump to join the "Board of Peace". He said it is referred to in the 20-point plan drawn up on the basis of the initial US "peace plan" as the body that should take part in monitoring a ceasefire.
He said he did not know exactly what Trump's idea for the "Board of Peace" is or which countries he plans to invite to join it.
Quote: "But for us it is clear that we will be able to be there when the war ends. We and Russia are enemies now. Belarus is an ally of Russia; we cannot be there [at the same table – ed.] with them. And this is in the package, in the 20-point plan. I think all this, and the monitoring mission, will work when the war is over – for us."
Background:
- Zelenskyy met Trump earlier on 22 January, with both sides describing the meeting as "good".
- Trump said they did not discuss whether Ukraine would join his "Board of Peace" during the meeting.
- The "Board of Peace" was officially launched earlier in Davos. None of the US's traditional Western European allies has joined it so far.
- European Pravda previously reported that Ukraine had received an invitation to join the organisation but was still considering it.
- The "Board of Peace" is expected to be on the agenda of an extraordinary EU summit on the evening of 22 January.
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