Slovenia's Foreign Minister Talks Ukraine/Russia
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What are the latest developments regarding Ukraine and Russia?
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not to mention what is happening in Ukraine and throughout Europe right now. President Trump has been speaking quite a bit about this recently with a new security plan and a new peace proposal for Ukraine. We find the headline on the terminal before we spend some time with the foreign minister of Slovenia. Trump gives Zelensky days. to respond to a peace proposal. This is the plan that has been hashed out with Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and to a lesser extent, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the past couple of weeks. Trump's envoys, according to the Financial Times, have given Zelensky only days to respond to a proposed peace deal. The president saying... Just on Sunday evening at the Kennedy Center that he was disappointed President Zelensky hadn't even read the proposal yet because there are great concerns that this proposal favors Russia and would force Ukraine to give up part of its sovereign territory.
Bigger questions about President Trump's view of our allies in Europe. He was asked about this in his sit-down interview with Politico. Listen.
I think they're weak, but I also think that they want to be so politically correct. I think they don't know what to do. Europe doesn't know what to do. They don't know what to do on trade either. I mean, I look at a lot of the trade situation that's going on over there. It's a little bit dangerous,
That's where we start our conversation with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, the Republic of Slovenia, Tanya Fayon with us live from world headquarters in New York. Minister, welcome to Bloomberg TV and radio. It's great to have you with us as part of our conversation. We'll start broadly here in the president's remarks about Europe.
How does Slovenia's foreign minister view the peace proposal?
Is he missing something that you wish he knew?
First, thank you for inviting me. We just had a very good discussion in the Security Council in Ukraine, which was at points quite emotional. And rightly so. We are observing the fourth year of brutal Russian aggression in Ukraine, with a lot of civilian deaths, a lot of children deaths, destroyed energy infrastructure, and severe violations of international law and the UN Charter. So everyone, including Ukrainians, wants to see just and lasting peace. And everyone in the Security Council, 14 countries, are permanently calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. So I think it is very clear. That is Russia. We want to see peace and we want to see just and lasting peace. That means that peace is also acceptable for Ukraine.
Yeah. Well, we should note, and I appreciate your answer, that Slovenia currently holds the presidency at the UN Security Council. So your views are important here. Do you worry that this plan on the table now favors Russia and would hurt Ukraine and therefore the rest of Europe?
I mean, the negotiations are ongoing, and I, of course, commend the U.S. administration, Trump, and everyone involved, because it is good that there is time also for diplomacy, for searching for political solution instead of a military one. Of course, first is, as I said before, immediate and urgent ceasefire needed, and then meaningful negotiations. Ukraine has to be at the table. Europe has to be at the table. We are discussing about strong security guarantees for the countries that something like similar wouldn't happen again in the future. And it's also about accountability. It is a brutal war that is ongoing. We see really horrible acts. I was traveling myself not long ago in Ukraine in several parts of the country.
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