““It is far from a fact that there will be a simple conversation.” Why is Yermak flying to the USA and what to expect — Reiterovich December 4, 13:25 Share: Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Donald Trump. USA. September 2024 (Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine) Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak together with Defense Minister Rustem Umyerov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Yulia Svyridenko flies to the USA”, — write on: ua.news
Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Donald Trump. USA. September 2024 (Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine)
The Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, together with the Minister of Defense Rustem Umyerov, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Economy Yulia Svyridenko is flying to the USA for meetings with official representatives of the state authorities, as well as with people from the entourage of the newly elected US President Donald Trump.
What to expect from this visit, political scientist Ihor Reiterovych told Radio NV.
Let’s hope we get a normal, smooth relationship with the incoming Trump administration on key issues. It is clear that in the first place are issues related to the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the actions and steps that the new administration is ready to take in this context.
Then, of course, we would like to establish, in particular, economic relations – in the sense of continuing to support Ukraine both financially and military-technically, since this issue is extremely important for us, I would even say fundamental.
Trump has been offered three options for a “peace plan” for Ukraine, none of which include NATO membership — Reuters
I think that the presence of representatives of the economic bloc is not accidental, obviously some conversations will be held about these things as well.
It is possible that, to some extent, in the context of the plan that the President of Ukraine presented even earlier, where, in particular, there were certain points that related, for example, to the investments of the United States in the economy of Ukraine, the extraction of certain resources — joint extraction on conditions that are beneficial both for Ukraine and may have a certain conclusion for the United States of America. So it should be a fairly objective conversation.
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Will it be simple? Far from being a fact. Because it is necessary to understand that, first of all, the Trump administration is not yet fully formed. The people who will be responsible for certain directions are currently only nominated for these positions. Although, for example, a special representative [Кіт Келлог] will not require any additional confirmation, and in this context it can already be said that this person will really start dealing with these issues.
The second point is related to the fact that there are people in Trump’s team who have a rather specific attitude towards Ukraine. For example, the same future vice president of the United States [Джей Ді Венс]. And here we need to think about how to find our own approach to them so that, firstly, there is a policy of one voice on that side, and, secondly, they do not make any comments that can significantly harm the work of our own delegation.
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So, in this regard, there are a lot of tasks, the situation is rather complicated. And despite the fact that the visit is aimed primarily at a meeting with Republicans and representatives of the new Trump administration, we should not forget that we need to maintain active and effective contacts with Democrats as well, since bipartisan and bicameral support is an absolute priority for us.
In this context, it is necessary to treat such negotiations very carefully, so that the democrats, relatively speaking, do not get offended and think that if they are no longer in power, then we are not going to officially communicate with them at the level of power. This would be the wrong approach. Therefore, it would be desirable to have some meetings or at least talks with representatives of the Democratic Party, because we will definitely need their support in the Congress and the Senate more than once.