Finnish President on Peace Talks: Only 5% Left to Reach Agreement
A peace agreement is close, but the last 5% of issues remain the most difficult, Stubb stressed.
The Gaze reports on it according to Glavcom.
A peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia is close to completion, but Finnish President Alexander Stubb stressed that the most difficult 5% of the negotiations remain ahead. This was reported by Fox News.
‘We are probably closer to reaching a peace agreement than ever before in this war,’ Stubb said.
He added that President Donald Trump's special envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, have been ‘working around the clock’ over the past few weeks to narrow the differences between the two sides.
Stubb pointed to unity among Western allies after talks in Berlin last weekend, citing two key conclusions.
"One (conclusion – ed.) was that Europe, Ukraine and the United States were united in our determination to achieve a just and lasting peace. The second was the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine. So we are almost there, but the most difficult 5% remains," he added.
Stubb also suggested that negotiations may be more flexible behind closed doors, calling the contrast between public statements and private negotiations ‘quite typical in diplomacy.’
The Finnish president added that negotiations had intensified and that ‘the carrot and stick approach to negotiations is working.’
‘The Russian economy is not doing very well. They have zero growth. Their reserves are depleted. They have high interest rates and high inflation. And the situation is not improving. If Russia rejects the peace agreement agreed upon by Ukraine, Europe and the United States, then it will be time to tighten sanctions,’ Stubb stressed.
Earlier, Alexander Stubb said that Ukraine and Russia are probably closer to a peace agreement than at any stage in the last four years. In his comments, he noted that the situation in Ukraine may be nearing a resolution, which raises hopes for an end to the war.
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