Salome Zourabichvili on Trump-Zelenskyy meeting: “Never humiliate your counterpart”

Georgia’s fifth President Salome Zourabichvili has weighed in on the heated exchange between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, cautioning against the use of humiliation in high-stakes diplomacy.

Following the widely discussed Oval Office meeting, where Trump accused Zelenskyy of disrespecting the United States and being unwilling to negotiate peace, Zourabichvili took to X to share a lesson from her own diplomatic experience.

“The first time I had to head a negotiation on my own, many years ago, a more experienced colleague taught me the basics: ‘You’re allowed any move, but never … never humiliate your counterpart’! To be meditated by those who want to be seen as peacemakers!” she wrote.