The US president-elect sent a clear message that the US will not be involved in the Syrian issue Donald Trumpmaking solving her problem a priority Ukrainian with Russia.
“The priority is to resolve Ukraine’s problem with Russia. These two countries are suffering incredible human losses. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed,” Donald Trump told French magazine Paris Match on Saturday (07.12.24) while in Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.
“There are an awful lot of crises in the world. For a few days now, we have had a news story in Syria. They will have to deal with it themselves, we are not involved over there, neither is France,” he added.
“The Middle East is also a big priority, but I think it’s a less difficult situation to manage than Ukraine and Russia,” he clarified.
Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, 2025, has long claimed that, once in office, he would end the nearly three-year-old conflict within “24 hours”, causing concern in Ukraine , which fears being pressured into making significant territorial concessions to Russia in exchange for peace.
On Saturday, for the first time since his election, Donald Trump met in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, under the patronage of French President Emmanuel Macron.
The next day he called for an “immediate ceasefire” and negotiations, writing on his platform, Truth Social, that Zelensky was ready to “make a deal and end this madness.”
The Ukrainian president expressed his “deep gratitude” to the Republican billionaire for his “strong determination” to end the war with Russia.