Steve Witkoff
“The meeting was positive, upbeat, constructive. Everybody was there to get to the right outcome.”
22 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Ending the war in Ukraine could unlock the door for incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians geopolitically on issues of common interest and, frankly, economically on issues that hopefully will be good for the world and also improve our relations in the long term.”
22 hours ago
Sergey Lavrov
“We explained today that the deployment of any troops, any armed forces from NATO countries but under other flags, either the European Union or national flags, changes nothing in this context. For us, of course, this is unacceptable.”
22 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Russia and the United States have agreed to restore their embassies in Moscow and Washington to previous staffing levels to facilitate continued diplomatic engagement. We will need active work of diplomatic missions capable of functioning normally to be able to continue these contacts.”
22 hours ago
Jana Puglierin
“February 2022 destroyed our faith in a collective security order with Russia and showed us the dark side of our fundamental dependence on Russia and China in critical areas. February 2025 shows us that the Americans no longer feel responsible for European security - and that their interests are fundamentally different from ours.”
22 hours ago
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
“Ukraine, Europe in a broad sense - and this includes the European Union, Turkiye, and the UK - should be involved in conversations and the development of the necessary security guarantees with America regarding the fate of our part of the world.”
22 hours ago
Mariia Mezentseva
“It's not yet very clear how this negotiating table will look. But defence and justice must be at the forefront of any solution to end the war, and the US, Europe and Ukraine must be on board. It's not Russia who can dictate the rules because they are the invaders. It has to be absolutely [reversed].”
22 hours ago
Steve Witkoff
“The meeting was positive, upbeat, constructive. Everybody was there to get to the right outcome.”
22 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Ending the war in Ukraine could unlock the door for incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians geopolitically on issues of common interest and, frankly, economically on issues that hopefully will be good for the world and also improve our relations in the long term.”
22 hours ago
Sergey Lavrov
“We explained today that the deployment of any troops, any armed forces from NATO countries but under other flags, either the European Union or national flags, changes nothing in this context. For us, of course, this is unacceptable.”
22 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Russia and the United States have agreed to restore their embassies in Moscow and Washington to previous staffing levels to facilitate continued diplomatic engagement. We will need active work of diplomatic missions capable of functioning normally to be able to continue these contacts.”
22 hours ago
Jana Puglierin
“February 2022 destroyed our faith in a collective security order with Russia and showed us the dark side of our fundamental dependence on Russia and China in critical areas. February 2025 shows us that the Americans no longer feel responsible for European security - and that their interests are fundamentally different from ours.”
22 hours ago
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
“Ukraine, Europe in a broad sense - and this includes the European Union, Turkiye, and the UK - should be involved in conversations and the development of the necessary security guarantees with America regarding the fate of our part of the world.”
22 hours ago
Mariia Mezentseva
“It's not yet very clear how this negotiating table will look. But defence and justice must be at the forefront of any solution to end the war, and the US, Europe and Ukraine must be on board. It's not Russia who can dictate the rules because they are the invaders. It has to be absolutely [reversed].”
22 hours ago
“The ceasefire was tenuous or precarious to begin with, yet it endured. The ceasefire - in its 17th day today - is working and the hostages are being released and Palestinian prisoners are being released in exchange. But the real challenge is that negotiations to get to the second phase of the deal are beginning at a time when Prime Minister Netanyahu is in Washington trying to relitigate … phase two and change the sequencing or the timetables. It remains to be seen whether he will extract some kind of consent from President Trump, which I doubt, or whether he will try and disrupt this process during the negotiations. Phase two would usher in a permanent ceasefire and end to Israel's Gaza war, which the US president has called for. Mr Netanyahu is caught between contradictory assurances and pledges that he made. He promised Trump that he is committed to phase two, by virtue of the agreement that he himself signed. But he also promised his extreme right-wing coalition partners that the war will be resumed and there probably won't be a second phase.”