Zelensky: trilateral meeting of US, Russia and China leaders must not become 'Yalta-2'

Threat of repeating historical mistakes

Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concern regarding the potential consequences of trilateral consultations between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The head of the Ukrainian state emphasised that such negotiations must not turn into a new stage of dividing the world into spheres of influence, similar to the Yalta Conference.

«Мені б дуже не хотілося, щоб це перетворилося на «Ялту-2, 3, 4», що передбачає перерозподіл впливу. Навіть скоріше не впливу як такого, а ідей про те, як подібний перерозподіл взагалі можливий. Сьогодні у нас вже інший, фрагментований світ, який сильно відрізняється від світу Другої світової війни — як до, так і після неї» (I would really not want this to turn into 'Yalta-2, 3, 4', which implies a redistribution of influence. Or rather, not influence as such, but ideas about how such a redistribution is even possible. Today we already have a different, fragmented world, which is very different from the world of the Second World War — both before and after it), – noted Zelensky.

Change in geopolitical reality

The President of Ukraine stressed that the current international system differs significantly from that which existed during the period of the Second World War, including the times before and after the conflict. According to him, the present world is fragmented, which distinguishes it from the reality of the previous century.