India, Oct. 18 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said that Ukraine was ready to go to the negotiation table in any format, while adding that they want peace.

"We want peace; Putin doesn't. That's why we need pressure on him. We're ready to negotiate in any format, bilateral, trilateral, what matters is peace," Zelensky said.

Zelensky was responding to a question on potential concessions, including NATO membership, to achieve peace with Russia during a bilateral lunch with President Donald Trump.

Zelensky is in Washington to hold arms talks with the US President, specifically regarding Ukraine's need for American Tomahawk missiles.

In response to the media query, Zelensky said that the first thing would be to "sit and...