The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Council President António Costa welcome the messages from the negotiations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
"It is a positive development that can mean a step towards a comprehensive, fair and sustainable peace for Ukraine", they write on the platform X.
From the Russian side, one says they do not oppose a meeting "in the coming days" with an American delegation on a peace plan for the Ukraine war – a response to US President Donald Trump's information that a meeting between the countries may come as early as Wednesday.
This is stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zacharova, according to the state news agency Tass.
"Important steps"
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says in a statement that he "warmly welcomes" the messages from Jeddah. Furthermore, Starmer announces that he "wants to congratulate President Trump and President Zelenskyj on this remarkable breakthrough. Now Russia must agree to a ceasefire and end the fighting as well".
French President Emmanuel Macron also comments on the information from the meeting in Saudi Arabia. On X, he writes that "the ball is clearly in Russia's court now" regarding a 30-day ceasefire and an end to the Russian invasion war.
Donald Tusk, Poland's Prime Minister and former European Council President, writes in a comment that Europe is ready to help "to achieve a fair and sustainable peace".
On X, Tusk also writes that "it seems like the Americans and Ukrainians have taken important steps towards peace.
"Must show they mean business"
Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) writes in an email to TT:
"Ukraine shows its genuine intention to achieve a fair and sustainable peace. Now Russia must show that they mean business when they say they want peace. Russia should be judged by its actions, not by its statements."
Malmer Stenergard further notes that US support to Ukraine is important.
"Continued American engagement for Ukraine is important, alongside Europe's support which remains crucial and must continue to increase", she writes.
