Volodymyr Zelensky asked Donald Trump for security guarantees lasting up to 50 years during yesterday’s negotiations at the White House, which focused on a peace agreement for Ukraine.

According to information leaked in previous days, Washington’s peace plan provided for guarantees lasting 15 years; however, the Ukrainian president considers this insufficient.

“I told Trump that we would very much like to consider the possibility [of security guarantees] for 30, 40, 50 years. And this would be a historic decision by President Trump. The President said that he will think about it,” Zelensky noted in a conversation with journalists, adding: “The war will end and martial law in the country will be lifted when we receive sufficient guarantees.”

During statements made by the two leaders after the negotiations, Trump stressed, referring to the security guarantees, that “one or two issues remain pending,” with their duration—according to today’s comments by Zelensky—being one of them.

Elsewhere in his latest remarks, Zelensky said that Trump, before their meeting yesterday, had spoken with Vladimir Putin and discussed the 20 points of the plan to end the war.

“President Trump told me that he had a long conversation with Putin, that he reviewed all 20 points of the plan, one by one. It is important that we are all operating within the same framework and that they discussed this document and not some other documents. He said that Putin is ready. I do not want to go into details now,” Zelensky said.

At the same time, according to Zelensky, he stressed to the U.S. president that it is not the first time Putin has said one thing while in practice doing something entirely different. “It is important that words match actions,” Zelensky emphasized.

In addition, Zelensky stated that the 20-point peace plan to end the war should be put to a referendum in Ukraine, adding that in order for such a referendum to be held, a ceasefire of at least 60 days is required.

Regarding the possibility of a meeting with Russia, the Ukrainian president noted that it would only be possible after Trump and European leaders agree on a peace framework proposed by Ukraine to end the war.

Ukraine and the United States share a common position regarding the need for a diplomatic solution to the war, but if Russia refuses to sign a peace agreement, international support for Ukraine will remain, Zelensky said in another part of his remarks.

“There is no alternative to peace. Together with the Americans—and here we have a unified position—we believe that we must end the war diplomatically, exert pressure on Russia. Otherwise, the war will continue. Of course, if the war continues, the Americans will continue to help Ukraine together with the Europeans. We are defending ourselves in this war; we are fighting. We are not the aggressors,” the Ukrainian president said.

For his part, the U.S. president emphasized that “we have made significant progress, we have covered more than 95% of the issues. We are very close to an agreement—closer than ever—without that meaning there is already a final deal. If everything goes as it did today, then in a few weeks the war will be over.”

Zelensky struck a similar tone, saying that “we are almost at 100%.”