President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that an agreement to end the war is valid when it exists not only on paper but is actually implemented, and currently it is absent, so there is a possibility that there will be none.
Zelenskyy said this at a joint press conference with Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro on Saturday in Kyiv. The corresponding video was posted on the Suspilne News YouTube channel.
"Peace is better than war, but not at any cost, because we have already paid a high price. For us, it is important to have a fair and lasting peace that cannot be violated by another wish of Putin or another Putin. It is very important that there are strong security guarantees for this, to make it impossible to even think and physically come to us with aggression. This should not be just a deal - good or bad - the question is, for whom is it good, for whom is it bad? I don't want to characterize it. There might be none, there is none today, there is no agreement today. It exists when it is not only on paper, written in letters, but the war is stopped," the Head of State emphasized.
The President gave an example of the Budapest Memorandum.
"This agreement did not protect us. So, I do not believe that it is strong or effective. Therefore, for me, the agreement is not just a signing," he emphasized.
"The agreement, by the way, contains several agreements, several documents, security guarantees for the United States and Europeans, which must be voted on and supported in Congress. And we still need to know in detail what will happen if Moscow comes with aggression - Americans, Europeans, how I will insure Ukrainians, how partners will insure? I believe that the agreement should be fair and effective for Ukraine," Zelenskyy added.
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