The phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has stoked fears that Europe will be completely removed from the peace process.
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00:00Both the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaya Kalas and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr
00:06Zelensky have called for European involvement in any potential peace negotiations between
00:12Russia and Ukraine.
00:14Any agreement without us will fail because you need Europe and Ukraine to also implement
00:20the agreement. So without us at the table, you know, you can agree on whatever, but it
00:28will just simply fail because of the implementation is not there.
00:33President Zelensky echoed Kalas' words, calling for a meeting with the US and saying Ukraine
00:39would not accept any peace talks with Russia that didn't include his country.
00:43But the meeting is a priority for us, Ukraine and America, and only after such meetings,
00:50after the implementation of the plan on how to stop Putin, I believe it is fair to speak
00:57with the Russians. I believe that the Europeans should be at the table, because we are a part
01:06of Europe and we will be members of the European Union. It is important for us. They helped
01:12us a lot.
01:13It comes after the US-Trump administration indicated it's planning in-person talks with
01:18Russia on ending the Ukraine war without involving them, after having insisted that
01:23Kiev should not join NATO and stating that it's up to Europe to protect itself and Ukraine.