Ukraine peace deal needs ‘compromises not everyone will like’, former Austrian Chancellor Kurz says

By&nbspEuronews

Published on 20/10/2025 - 17:08 GMT+2

A bid colony successful Ukraine "will necessitate compromises that not everyone volition like", erstwhile Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wrote successful an exclusive op-ed for Euronews.

“This warfare produces nary winners, lone losers connected some sides. Budapest offers the accidental for a bid colony that volition alteration some sides to interruption this impasse,” Kurz said. "The task of authorities is to find solutions, not to negociate conflicts," helium added.

The US and Russian presidents announced connected Thursday that they program to clasp talks connected Moscow's warfare successful Ukraine successful Budapest, perchance successful the coming weeks. The gathering would people the archetypal clip since the commencement of the full-scale penetration that Vladimir Putin — a antheral nether sanctions and an planetary apprehension warrant — sets ft connected European soil.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Monday that helium would beryllium acceptable to articulation Trump and Putin successful Hungary to sermon ways to extremity the war, which has dragged connected for much than 3 and a fractional years, if helium were invited.

"If it is an invitation successful a format wherever we conscionable arsenic 3 or, arsenic it's called, shuttle diplomacy … past successful 1 format oregon another, we volition agree,” Zelenskyy told reporters earlier today.

However, the Ukrainian person criticised the determination to clasp the talks successful Hungary — a state led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has consistently urged his EU counterparts to negociate with Moscow and opposed corporate enactment for Kyiv.

In his nonfiction for Euronews, the erstwhile Austrian chancellor praised Hungary’s inaugural to big the bid talks successful its capital. “Hungary is creating the applicable conditions for each sides to travel to the table. This is pragmatic diplomacy,” helium argued successful his op-ed.

Kurz added that since Russia’s warfare of aggression is unfolding successful Europe — and its consequences are being straight felt crossed the continent — it is logical for a bid solution to beryllium brokered present arsenic well.

EU leaders volition conscionable Zelenskyy successful Brussels connected Thursday, wherever they are expected to reaffirm their “continued and unwavering support” for Ukraine’s independency and territorial integrity, portion exploring caller ways to fortify subject assistance to Ukraine, according to draught Council conclusions seen by Euronews.