Czech president doubts fairness in future Ukraine-Russia peace deal

According to the President of the Czech Republic, a future peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine "will probably not be fair." Petr Pavel assessed that Moscow would not agree to give up Crimea or pay reparations to Ukraine. The politician called such expectations "fantasies."

- A just peace, if we were to imagine it on a scale from 100 percent to nothing, would mean the restoration of Ukraine's full control over its territory, including Crimea. It would require that the aggressor pay compensation for war damages. But that's probably a fantasy, we can all agree - Pavel said in a podcast on the Novinky.cz portal.

He added that a "fair peace" would mean compensation for war damages. - In reality, the outcome will be slightly different. [But] our objective should be to get as close as possible to a just peace - he emphasized.

According to the Czech president, the United States, China, the European Union, and democratic countries, should pressure Ukraine and Russia to negotiate peace.

Pavel also commented on the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region. According to the politician, Kyiv’s most likely goal is to gain leverage for future negotiations with Russia.

Furthermore, the President of the Czech Republic assessed that Ukraine should have the opportunity to join NATO, even if it does not regain control over its entire territory.

- If some administrative border is drawn, we can consider this administrative border as temporary and accept Ukraine into NATO on the territory it will control at that time - concluded the president.