President of Slovenia in Kyiv: Ukraine and Russia to sit down at negotiating table

Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: president.gov.ua)

Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar during her visit to Kyiv stated that Ukraine and Russia will eventually have to sit down at the negotiating table to achieve peace, according to RTV SLO.

"Sooner or later, the warring parties will have to sit down together. Unfortunately, negotiating with the enemy and the aggressor is always necessary if you want to achieve peace. Even in this conflict, Russia and Ukraine will have to sit at a common table," she said.

The Slovenian leader clarified that "it is difficult to predict when this will happen."

"The peace conference in Switzerland was the first small step in this direction, but all of us who attended this conference agreed that the next peace conference should no longer take place without Russia. The Russian side will accept the invitation to do this as soon as possible, and then the picture will become clearer every day. Until there are such negotiations between the conflicting parties, this will not happen," Pirc Musar continued.

She also added that the international community knows what Ukraine's proposals are and what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace formula contains, but "we know very little about how ready Russia is to start negotiations."

"If everyone remains on their side and does not negotiate, we will not achieve peace," the president concluded.

President of Slovenia's visit to Kyiv

President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar began her visit to Ukraine on June 27.

"I am starting my visit to Ukraine. Slovenia is committed to supporting Ukraine and its people," she wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo from the train station.

President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar in Ukraine (x.com/nmusar)

On June 28, on Constitution Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Nataša Pirc Musar honored the memory of defenders who gave their lives for Ukraine.

"The honor guard soldiers laid wreaths from the heads of state at the Wall of Remembrance of the fallen for Ukraine on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. To the sound of the trumpet, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Nataša Pirc Musar paid tribute to the fallen warriors," the presidential website stated.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Nataša Pirc Musar in Kyiv (president.gov.ua)