Ukraine will "never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia" regarding the outcome of peace negotiations without Ukraine's participation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC News in an interview published Feb. 16, APA reports.
Zelenskyy's comments, which were made during the Munich Security Conference, come amid reports that a U.S. delegation is set to meet with its Russian counterparts on Feb. 18 in Saudi Arabia for the start of negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
"We have this place at the table at the very beginning, and we are the first who are at this table because the war is in Ukraine," Zelenskyy added, noting that Ukrainians would never accept a peace deal that was negotiated on their behalf.
"We are thankful for all the support, unity in the U.S. around Ukraine support - even bipartisan support - we are thankful for all of this, but there is no leader in the world that can make a deal with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin without us, about us."
"We didn't talk about it. The media printed something. I saw that someone said that there would be a meeting in Saudi Arabia. I do not know what it is," Zelenskyy said on Feb. 15.
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