German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US president-elect Donald Trump on Thursday agreed that Russia’s war on Ukraine had gone on for “far too long”, Berlin said in a statement.
“It is essential to move as quickly as possible towards a just, equitable and enduring peace,” the pair agreed during a telephone call, said the German government.
Scholz said he would continue to back Ukraine in its defence against Russian aggression as long as necessary.
At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted that Kyiv needed both US and European support to achieve a lasting piece.
“I think only together the United States and Europe can really stop Putin and save Ukraine,” he said.
