by Niamh Harris at The People’s Voice
Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, released a statement on Monday evening commending the peace efforts of US president Donald Trump.
The 450-seat parliament said says it welcomes US president’s role in negotiating a peace deal between Kiev and Moscow and that his peacekeeping efforts are ‘decisive’ in ending war.
Their formal and public endorsement of Trump’s mediation efforts comes after Ukrainian president refused to apologize for last week’s public spat with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance at the White House.
RT reports: In a statement on the parliamentary website, the MPs stressed the “decisive” role of American aid and said that the Rada “welcomes President Donald Trump’s initiatives to launch a negotiation process aimed at securing peace.”
“On behalf of the Ukrainian people, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine expresses its profound gratitude to President Donald Trump, the United States Congress, and the American people for their firm and consistent support of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity,” the statement read.
“At present, this support is more crucial than ever for the Ukrainian people and the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine,” the legislators wrote. They added that they believe that Trump’s mediation efforts “will be decisive in the swift cessation of hostilities and the achievement of peace for Ukraine, Europe, and the entire world.”
The Rada also stressed…
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