“ The fact that US President Donald Trump and the owner of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, have planned a meeting in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, is considered an “insult” in the European Union. Source: El Pais, “European Truth” Details: As the publication notes, Trump’s upcoming meeting with Putin in Budapest puts the heads of EU and NATO institutions “in an awkward and unpleasant position”, because Putin and Trump intend to discuss the Russian-Ukrainian war in the country of the European Union, but without the participation of the EU itself. In addition, the article says that if EU leaders do not want to anger Trump, they will be forced to give Putin special permits to fly in their airspace, or force him to fly a longer route. “The location was chosen carefully because it could benefit Russia by deepening the EU’s divisions over the Kremlin. It could also do a big favor to Orbán, who is facing elections in his country next year,” said an unnamed European diplomat. In public speeches, EU leaders say that a meeting between Trump and Putin will be useful if it helps end the Russian invasion. However, in private conversations, several sources declared a “political nightmare” for the EU. We will remind: on October 16, Trump spoke with Putin for the first time in almost two months, after which he announced that they were planning a meeting in Budapest – which would be Putin’s first appearance in the capital of an EU member state during the years of full-scale war and would require him to fly over the territory of other member states. After the conversation, Trump said that Putin “didn’t like” the idea of providing Tomahawk to Ukraine, and expressed the opinion that now is “not an ideal time” for secondary sanctions that would reduce Russia’s income from the sale of energy resources.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: El Pais, “The European Truth”
Details: As the publication notes, Trump’s upcoming meeting with Putin in Budapest puts the heads of the EU and NATO institutions “in an uncomfortable and unpleasant position”, because Putin and Trump intend to discuss the Russian-Ukrainian war in the country of the European Union, but without the participation of the EU itself.
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In addition, the article says that if EU leaders do not want to anger Trump, they will be forced to give Putin special permits to fly in their airspace, or force him to fly a longer route.
“The location was chosen carefully because it could benefit Russia by deepening the EU’s divisions over the Kremlin. It could also do a big favor to Orbán, who is facing elections in his country next year,” said an unnamed European diplomat.
In public speeches, EU leaders say that a meeting between Trump and Putin will be useful if it helps end the Russian invasion.
However, in private conversations, several sources declared a “political nightmare” for the EU.
We will remind: On October 16, Trump spoke with Putin for the first time in nearly two months, after which he announced that they were planning a meeting in Budapest – which would be Putin’s first appearance in the capital of an EU member state in years of full-scale war and would require him to fly over the territory of other member states.
After the conversation, Trump said that Putin “didn’t like” the idea of providing Tomahawk to Ukraine, and expressed the opinion that now is “not an ideal time” for secondary sanctions that would reduce Russia’s income from the sale of energy resources.