Vice President JD Vance on Friday said that he has spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about achieving "durable, lasting peace" between Russia and Ukraine.

The conversation took place in Germany, where world leaders are gathered for the Munich Security Conference. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Ukraine peace envoy Keith Kellogg were also present for the talks, per the New York Post.

Vance did not outline what the discussions entailed, but described the talks as "fruitful" and "good."

“We had a number of fruitful conversations, a number of things for us to follow up and work on," Vance said. "And fundamentally, the goal is, as President [Donald] Trump outlined it, we want the war to come to a close. 

"We want the killing to stop, but we want to achieve a durable, lasting peace, not the kind of peace that’s going to have Eastern Europe in conflict just a couple years down the road," he continued. "So we had a number of good conversations about how we might accomplish that together, and certainly we’ll have many more in the days, weeks and months to come.”

Zelensky said that he agreed with Vance about wanting to bring an end to the war, but stated he would need "real security guarantees."

The meeting occurred the same day that Vance gave his first major speech on the international stage, where he criticized European leaders for what he considers their stifling opposing viewpoints, and of retreating from “fundamental values.”

It also comes the same week that Trump said he had a productive phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.