Kellogg says the Russian-Ukraine Peace Plan could come in days or weeks

Ukraine and Russia’s special US president Keith Kellogg said on Saturday that the two fighting nation’s peace plans could come within days or weeks.

“I’m in Trump’s time,” Kellogg told delegates at a fringe event at the Munich Security Conference, referring to President Donald Trump’s famous fast decision-making.

“He will ask you to do this job today, and he will want to know tomorrow why it won’t be resolved,” he said, a major negotiator in Ukraine and allies in recent peace negotiations. Kellogg said.

“You had to give us a little space and time to breathe, but when I say that, I haven’t spoken for six months, I’ve been talking for a few days and weeks.” he said.

Kellogg said there is now a “double track” approach to peace negotiations, with US representatives coming in contact with Russia and separate contacts with Ukraine and their allies. Kellogg said he was working on behalf of the latter group and insisted that, contrary to previous US proposals, both Ukraine and Europe must be part of those consultations.

“You have to take you and your allies. Do they (Ukraine and Europe) play a role? Of course they are. You can’t do that by eliminating who ” he said.

“We want to make sure it’s lasting and it’s sustainable peace,” he added.

Kellogg later made it clear that although Europe may not be physically at the table for peace negotiations, regional interests will be considered.

“What we don’t want to do is get into a large group discussion,” he said.

When asked if he could outline Ukraine’s reliable security assurance requirements, he said that wasn’t the case yet.

“The answer right now is no,” he said, saying he was at the meeting to gather insights from Ukraine and Europe. Sometimes the US “is only problematic through its own lens,” he added.

He noted the agreement later on Saturday that territorial concessions could be included from Russia without confirming Moscow’s position on such proposals.

Global defense and security authorities are being gathered in Munich, Germany for the future of Ukraine, peace negotiations with Russia, and future annual three-day meetings of the reconstruction of European security and defense architecture.

This week, the outlook for a peace agreement returned earlier this week after President Trump made separate calls between Putin and Zelensky. After first showing that bilateral deals could be struck between Washington and Moscow, Trump later said that Ukrainian Zelenki would be involved, along with “many other people.”

Still, concerns over Europe’s involvement in negotiations have clouded the event, with the top EU officials claiming there is no lasting peace without them.

Speaking on a panel alongside Kellogg on Saturday, Croatian Prime Minister Andrezi Prenkovic said it was important to ensure the integrity of Ukraine’s territory, not “any” peace deal. He added that Europe’s exclusion from consultations is “political unacceptable” given the long transatlantic relationship between Europe and the US.

Iceland’s Prime Minister Christol Frostadotil also cited a general sense of fear from within Europe about the new US administration.

“People still don’t know what the US wants to do,” she said. “It’s difficult for leaders to constantly respond to unclear comments.”

Meanwhile, Gabrielius Landsberghis, a former Lithuanian foreign minister who resigned last year, has adopted a more important approach to the potential exclusion of Europe from negotiations.

“I understand the frustration that Europe is not at the table, but the reason is that Europe rarely offers to the table,” he said on CNBC Saturday.

“Now, if we are ready to offer military, money, integration into the EU, we can have our own table. We are Ukrainians and Putin and Trump, and Europe and Ukraine that You can invite people to talk about peace to understand: “He went on.

“Now, unfortunately, we are followers. And when you’re just a follower, you depend on – and who do you depend on?”