In comments to reporters released on Tuesday, he said he was happy for talks to be held anywhere, except in Russia itself or on the territory of Russian ally Belarus.
Plans for a summit in Budapest this month between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were put on hold after the Kremlin stuck to demands including that Ukraine cede more territory as a condition for a ceasefire.
Trump has backed Ukraine's call for an immediate ceasefire on current lines.
Ukrainian and European officials will meet on Friday or Saturday to discuss the details of a ceasefire plan, Zelenskiy told reporters on Tuesday after meeting the visiting Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel.
"It is not a plan to end the war. First of all, a ceasefire is needed," Zelenskiy said.
"This is a plan to begin diplomacy ... Our advisers will meet in the coming days, we agreed on Friday or Saturday. They will discuss the details of this plan."
In Monday's comments to reporters, Zelenskiy said he was happy to attend peace talks, including in Hungary, despite reservations about some of the positions of its Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who, he said, "blocks everything for Ukraine".
"If there will be results, then God bless - let the talks take place anywhere," he said.Â
"It almost doesn't matter, just not in Russia, of course, and definitely not in Belarus."
Zelenskiy also urged US lawmakers to pass tougher restrictions on Russia after Trump imposed sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies.
Ukraine would need stable financing from its European allies for another two or three years, Zelenskiy said.
He also said in his remarks on Tuesday that he hoped for China's help to end the war.
"We would like very much for China to put pressure on Russia to end this war and not to assist its continuation in any way," he said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia was prepared to give NATO and European Union countries a non-aggression guarantee, reiterating that his country had no intention of attacking any of their current members.
"We have repeatedly said that we had, and have, no intention to attack any current NATO or EU member," Lavrov said at a Eurasian security forum in Minsk, Belarus.
"We are ready to enshrine this position in future security guarantees for this part of Eurasia," he said, according to the transcript provided by his ministry.
Lavrov said meaningful dialogue with the leaders of EU countries was impossible because they refused what he called "genuine collective security guarantees" - meaning guarantees not just against but also with Russia, in the event of an end to the war in Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine, ordered by Putin, has shaken Europe's security architecture, and efforts to end the conflict have raised questions about how Ukraine could be protected from potential future Russian attacks.
with DPA
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