JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt there was no need to apologize to President Djald Trump after a heated debate at the White House which also involved US Vice President JD Vance.
"No, I respect the president, and I respect the American people, and I think we have to be very open and honest and I'm not sure we're doing anything bad," Zelenskyy said.
"I think there are some things we have to discuss outside the media with all due respect to democracy and media freedom," he continued.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CNN in an exclusive interview that Ukrainian President should apologize after his meeting with Trump in the Oval room turned into what Rubio described as a "fail."
The US Secretary of State questioned whether Zelenskyy really wanted peace in his country's war with Russia.
"When you start talking about it aggressively and the president is the deal maker, he has made deals throughout his life you will not be able to invite people to negotiate," Rubio said.
So you start to realize that maybe Zelensky doesn't want a peace agreement. He said he did, but maybe not," he said.
Regarding the meeting in the Oval room of the White House, Donald Trump considered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to have acted excessively. Zelenskyy was asked to confirm his intention to make peace with Russia.
"We had a meeting today, as you know, with President Zelenskyy, and I don't think the meeting went well. From his point of view, I think he is too much. We want peace," Trump told reporters after a meeting at the White House. , March 1st.
When asked what Zelenskyy should do to keep the negotiations going, Trump said: "What he has to say, I want to make peace. He doesn't have to stand there and say this, Putin, all the negative things about (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. He has to say, I want to make peace. I don't want to go to war anymore."
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"We are looking for peace. We are not looking for someone who will show strong strength and then not make peace because they feel brave, and that's what I see happens. I seek peace. We don't want to get involved in a ten year war and play games. We want peace and I just get the impression that if we do that ( mineral agreement), if we participate, he is looking for something I'm not looking for. He wants to keep fighting, fighting, fighting. We want to end this death, "said Trump.
"But he has a very weak card. If we sign a contract, he gets a very strong card, and then he doesn't want to make peace. It's very simple," Trump continued.
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