Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said the EU must remain committed to its policy, and Kyiv should lead any talks about ending the war in Ukraine.
“It will be Ukraine who decides how a peace process should be organized,” Rangel said in an interview in Lisbon on Tuesday, reported Bloomberg.
“It’s fundamental that the EU remains firm in the idea that if there are peace talks and a peace process, which is highly desirable, it has to be done with respect for the plan defined by Ukraine, which is the invaded state.”
That position has been challenged by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, who’s said he will continue his self-styled “peace mission”, despite criticism from the EU that he has overstepped his role as the holder of the bloc’s rotating presidency.
The Portuguese minister added that he doesn’t think there will be a “substantial change” in military support for Ukraine even if Trump becomes president again, citing commitments from NATO, the EU and individual countries to keep backing Kyiv.