“I think we need to resolve the Ukraine issue with Russia,” Paris Match magazine (France) today (December 11) published an interview with Mr. Donald Trump on his first foreign visit since being re-elected as president. system.
“Both countries are suffering at a level no one can imagine. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers have died,” Mr. Trump answered a question about priority issues that need to be resolved in the international arena at the time of inauguration. position. It is unclear where Mr. Trump got the above data from, while neither Russia nor Ukraine announced their side’s losses.
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“And the Middle East is of course a big priority. However, I think the Middle East is in a less challenging situation than Ukraine and Russia,” according to the US President-elect.
“However, those are two situations that we must resolve and must resolve quickly,” Mr. Trump emphasized.
US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on December 7
Mr. Trump conducted the above interview during his visit to France on the occasion of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. During the trip, he met host President France Emmanuel Macron and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We had a good meeting with President Zelensky,” Mr. Trump said.
On December 10, Mr. Zelensky thanked Mr. Trump for the “strong determination” of the elected US President to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Mr. Trump once promised that it would take only 24 hours to end the war in Ukraine.
On December 8, he wrote on the Truth Social account that it was time for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and negotiations needed to begin.
Also in the interview, Mr. Trump reiterated his call for the current Washington administration not to intervene in the Syrian situation.
“Syria will have to fend for itself. We are not involved in Syria,” the US President-elect told the Journal Paris Match.
