U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the Democratic candidate for the presidential election on November 5, said that there will be no to meet with the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin for talks on Ukraine, without Ukrainian participation in them, reported Ukrinform.
Harris made the statement in an interview with the show "60 Minutes" on CBS television, the agency specifies.
"Not (to discuss the issue) bilaterally, without Ukraine? No! Ukraine should have a say in Ukraine's future," Harris said when asked if she would meet with Putin to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, Ukrinform notes.
She added that the US is currently supporting Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia's unprovoked aggression.
Harris rebuked his GOP presidential rival – former US President Donald Trump.
"If Donald Trump was president, Putin would be in Kiev right now," she said, adding that Trump's idea of ending the war on the first day of his eventual return to the White House was tantamount to capitulation. (of Ukraine).