‘Very hard for me to imagine how...’: Zelensky gets invitation to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ - BUT there’s a problem

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an audio message on Tuesday (Jan 20), said that he was invited to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace." He said he could not work alongside his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. "We did receive the invitation; our diplomats are working on it," Zelensky said, adding that "it's still very hard for me to imagine how we and Russia could be together in any kind of council."

Moreover, discussing the ongoing saga surrounding the Greenland takeover quest by the American president, the Ukrainian leader said that he is “worried” that the Greenland dispute could divert attention away from the war in Ukraine. “I’m worried about any loss of focus during a full-scale war,” Zelenskyy was quoted by AFP as having told reporters.

“I want very, very much America to hear Europe, to truly hear it in the format of diplomacy. I think that’s what will happen and I strongly believe there won’t be any major threats,” he said.

Meanwhile, after the French President Emmanuel Macron said that he would not join the 'Board of Peace', US President Donald Trump said "nobody wants" the French leader either. The American president added that Macron was going to be out of the office "very soon". Board of Peace is an initiative by the US President Donald Trump to "promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict".

"Well, nobody wants him because he's going to be out of office very soon... If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariffs on his wines and champagnes and he'll join," Trump told reporters on Tuesday (Jan 20).