00:00President Zelensky, who's with us this morning, has shown once again that Ukraine is the party of peace
00:08because he has agreed to and committed to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire.
00:15Now what we see, and this is centerpiece for our discussions today, is that Putin is the one trying to
00:23delay.
00:25And in a sense, and you all know this, if Putin is serious about peace, it's very simple.
00:32He has to stop his barbaric attacks on Ukraine and agree to a ceasefire.
00:38And the world is watching.
00:41And my feeling is that sooner or later he's going to have to come to the table and engage in
00:48serious discussion.
00:50But, and this is a big but for us this morning in our meeting, we can't sit back and simply
00:57wait for that to happen.
01:00We have to keep pushing ahead, pushing forward and preparing for peace.
01:06And a peace that will be secure and that will last.
01:11And I think that means strengthening Ukraine so they can defend themselves.
01:17And strengthening, obviously, in terms of military capability, in terms of funding,
01:21in terms of the provision of further support from all of us to Ukraine.
01:27Secondly, being prepared to defend any deal ourselves through a coalition of the willing.
01:33Dziękuję.
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