European Council President António Costa has outlined the three key messages that US President Donald Trump delivered throughout in depth on-line talks with European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US officers on 13 August.

Supply: Costa at a joint press convention with French President Emmanuel Macron in Brégançon, France, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Costa and Macron had met at one of many French president's residences, Fort de Brégançon, to affix the web talks with US and European leaders.

"President Trump shared three vital targets with us. The primary is a ceasefire," Costa stated.

The second level Costa highlighted is that the US believes that "nobody however Ukraine can negotiate on Ukrainian affairs".

"The third level is america’ willingness to work with Europe to strengthen safety as soon as a simply and lasting peace for Ukraine has been achieved," the European Council president stated.

Costa stated he hopes the summit between Trump and Kremlin chief Putin in Alaska on 15 August will make it doable to "obtain a ceasefire and pave the way in which for peace in Ukraine".

Background:

• Following the in depth talks involving European leaders, Zelenskyy and the US management, Macron acknowledged that territorial points "is not going to be negotiated" by anybody besides Zelenskyy.
• Commenting on the talks, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz outlined the positions conveyed within the dialog with Trump, notably that "Ukraine is able to focus on territorial points, however the start line would be the line of contact".
• "Authorized recognition of the occupied territories [as Russian] isn’t up for dialogue," he stated.
• Zelenskyy stated the problem of the assembly between the US and Russian leaders in Alaska on 15 August had been lined in numerous talks. He added that Trump had recommended they’d keep in touch after the Alaska assembly.

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