“Members of the upper house of the US Congress report a complete absence or a critical lack of communication from the administration of Donald Trump regarding issues related to peace talks regarding Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “Ukrinform“
Details: Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, who serves as co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee and sits on two other Senate committees, confirmed the lack of dialogue with the executive branch. When asked by journalists whether there is communication with the White House regarding the peace plan for Ukraine, he answered categorically “no”.
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The politician also expressed his principled position on the conditions for ending the war. Durbin emphasized that Ukraine should not give up its territories in Donbas for the sake of peace, and called the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia a war crime.
Separately, the senator commented on the appointment of Steve Witkoff as President Trump’s special representative for Ukraine.
“He made billions of dollars as a real estate negotiator. I don’t know how he ended up across from Putin at the negotiating table,” Durbin said.
Senator from the Democratic Party, Jean Shahin, also stated about the information vacuum on the part of the administration. According to her, she learns about the course of events and the process of peace negotiations in Ukraine exclusively from reports in the mass media.
“I believe that the plans that have been presented publicly as of now are inadequate,” she emphasized.
At the same time, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that he communicates with representatives of the Trump administration “almost every day.”
However, Graham did not specify whether these conversations directly relate to the current process of negotiations on ending Russian aggression against Ukraine, or whether they are about other issues of domestic and foreign policy.
What preceded:
- Previously, the Associated Press agency with reference to a high-ranking official in the Trump administration reportedthat on December 4, in Miami, Florida, a meeting of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umyerov with the US President’s negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is scheduled.