UKRAINE – The possible venues for the intended Putin-Zelenskyy meeting are Turkey, Austria and Switzerland according to the Ukrainian president on Thursday.

“We believe it is fair, and the Europeans emphasized this, that the meeting should be held in neutral Europe. Because there is a war in Ukraine and on the European continent. I said that we agree. Switzerland, Austria – we agree,” Zelenskyy said during a conversation with journalists on Wednesday, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

Zelenskyy also spoke about Türkiye as a potential venue for the talks, stating that it is a NATO country and “part of Europe.”

He went on to say that a meeting “without any special conditions is also proactive actions by the Ukrainian side,” also rejecting Moscow as a possible venue and describing the prospect of Budapest as “not easy today” due to Hungary’s position on the war.