Kyiv discusses next steps with European partners after US plan

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu on his first visit abroad after being appointed, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu on his first visit abroad after being appointed, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says he has discussed a proposed US plan to end the war in Ukraine with European counterparts and outlined the next steps, during a joint telephone call.

Sybiha says on X that the call with the foreign ministers of France, Britain, Poland, Finland, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, as well as representatives of Italy and Germany, was “timely and meaningful.”

He says he shared the results of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “recent contacts and outlined the logic of our further steps.

“We discussed in detail the elements of peace proposals presented by the United States and our joint work to pave a doable path to a just peace,” he adds.

Zelensky on Friday pushed back against Washington’s 28-point plan, which would force Ukraine to give up land, cut its army and pledge never to join NATO. The Ukrainian foreign minister also says he stressed the importance of continued transatlantic pressure to force Russia to end the war.

He says he had thanked Ukraine’s partners “for their willingness to increase support for Ukraine during this decisive time.”

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