World leaders said Saturday that a US plan for peace in Ukraine needs “additional work,” as they scrambled to find a coordinated response to the proposal.
While welcoming the US efforts, the leaders also expressed concern over “proposed limitations on Ukraine’s armed forces.”
“We reiterate that the implementation of elements relating to the European Union and relating to NATO would need the consent of EU and NATO members respectively,” the statement added.
European powers have been caught off guard by the plan which contains major concessions to Russia and was drawn up with little input from Ukraine or Europe.
The 28-point plan calls for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia, abandon its long-held pursuit of NATO membership and cut the size of the army.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country faced the choice of losing its dignity or vital US support but Donald Trump has given Kyiv until Thursday to accept the plan.
Ukraine’s allies met on the sidelines of the G20 to discuss the proposal, a summit which the US boycotted.
Top US and Ukrainian officials will meet Sunday in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the next steps for ending the war, with one US official saying that the goal was to iron out language before Zelensky meets with Trump.
A European diplomat told CNN they thought UK, France and Germany, together with senior EU officials would “try to squeeze in” to this meeting. The source added this is “logical given the implications on us. There is a push to redraft the text.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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