In Florida, they discussed a “creative” way to “close” Ukraine’s door to NATO – CNN

negotiations of the delegations of the USA and Ukraine, photo: Rustem Umyerov

Citing an unnamed interlocutor, CNN reported that at the negotiations with the United States in Florida regarding the parameters of a peace agreement to end the Russian-Ukrainian war, the idea was discussed not to force Ukraine to refuse to join NATO, but to formalize it in another way.

Source: “European Truth” with reference to CNN

Details: A CNN interlocutor reported that the talks discussed a potential scenario in which Ukraine would be “closed” to NATO, but the arrangements for this would be negotiated between NATO countries and Russia.

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“Ukraine will not be pushed into an official, i.e. legal, rejection of European integration aspirations. But if the US can agree on something with Russia bilaterally, or if Russia wants to receive some assurances from NATO in a multilateral format, then this does not involve Ukraine in the decision-making process,” said the CNN interlocutor.

As noted, such a design of “Ukraine’s withdrawal from NATO” will surely meet resistance among many member countries.

The interlocutor confirmed that it was only discussed and nothing was agreed upon – the decision on possible compromises will be made by the President of Ukraine.

The interlocutor also confirmed, as already mentioned in other media publications, that the negotiations discussed which territories would remain under Russian occupation. From the above quotes, it is not clear whether the United States continues to insist on the idea of ​​Ukraine withdrawing from the unoccupied part of Donetsk without a fight.

“The idea (from the 28-point “peace plan”) to transfer control to the Russians where it would significantly weaken Ukrainian defenses and make future potential aggression more likely and reduce Ukraine’s capabilities is out of bounds… But this does not mean that there are no potential ways to preserve the provisions of the constitution and ensure the security of Ukraine,” the source quoted.

The interlocutor refused to go into details of the options that were discussed.

“I really think that if this becomes public, we could derail a potential solution,” he said.

What happened before:

• On the evening of November 30, Ukrainian time, negotiations between Trump’s team and the Ukrainian delegation regarding the “peace plan” took place in Florida. Details of how the nearly 5-hour meeting took place and what was discussed began to appear in the American mass media.
• The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the report on the meeting said that there is “constructiveness” in the negotiations, and the President of the United States Donald Trump again spoke about “a chance for an agreement”.

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