President Zelenski says he is willing to resign if in return, Ukraine enters NATO

“We can exchange this for NATO. With these conditions, immediately”Zelenski said when asked at a press conference held in kyiv for the demands of the US president, Donald Trump, of calling elections.

Trump has made it clear that he will require Zelenski to summon elections to sign a peace agreement with Russia. Trump even called Zelenski “dictator without elections” for this reason.

Zelenski finished his mandate in May last year and still in office without going to elections by prohibiting the Ukrainian law that is held elections in war.

“I am the president legally not by force or because I took power; 73 % voted for me,” said Zelenski remembering the percentage of votes he obtained in the elections that led him to the position, held in 2019.

In addition, Zelenski He said he wanted to meet with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, Before the possible appointment between the latter and the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“We must gather and talk” about the agreement on minerals with the United States, Zelenski said at a press conference in kyiv. “I think this encounter should be fair, that is (taking place) before Trump meets Putin,” he said.

Zelenski also said that Washington and kyiv They are advancing towards an agreement on Ukrainian mineral resources an issue that became a point of discord with the United States, a key ally of Ukraine against Russia.

Trump wants Ukraine to grant the United States a priority access to exploit the country’s minerals, such as compensation for tens of billions of dollars of help delivered under the mandate of his predecessor Joe Biden.

“We are moving forward”Zelenski considered a press conference in kyiv, in which he explained that officials from both parties maintained contacts on the agreement during the day.

“I will not sign something that will pay ten generations of Ukrainians,” the leader said however.