“According to Politico, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told European allies that the US wants a “peace deal” before agreeing to any security guarantees for Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Marco Rubio, photo: getty images Source: Politico citing sources
Details: The publication, citing a European diplomat and a person familiar with the negotiations, says that this condition was key in the American proposals to Kyiv last week.
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Rubio said during a phone call with European officials on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump would later hold talks on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, which would supposedly guarantee Kyiv’s security.
The publication added that Ukraine’s leaders see Western security guarantees as the basis of any possible deal with Russia, even as NATO members struggle to figure out how to support the war-torn country with military aid and intelligence.
Trump said that he will not invite Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House until the agreement is signed.
According to another European diplomat, Rubio mentioned security guarantees for Ukraine during talks last weekend in Geneva, but did not elaborate and did not repeat the proposal during a phone call with the British and French.
Politico notes that the White House stressed that any final “peace plan” would have security guarantees.
Direct speech Deputy White House Spokesperson Anna Kelly: “The Trump administration has repeatedly confirmed, publicly and privately, that any agreement must include full security and deterrence guarantees for Ukraine.
The president’s national security team continues to work with both sides to end this conflict and ensure a lasting, sustainable peace.”
Details: The publication added that the State Department did not respond to Politico’s request for comment.
The initial US peace proposals for the war, which were announced last week, encouraged Ukraine to reduce its army to 600,000 troops, without setting any limits on the size of Russian troops.
Rubio and other US officials have since defended the 28-point plan as a starting point rather than a full proposal.
Literally Politico : “However, the Trump administration is increasingly moving away from fully supporting Ukraine and taking a more neutral stance in the negotiations. Rubio told his European counterparts on Thursday that the US is not considered a fair mediator in the negotiations because of its military aid to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia.”
Details: At the same time, the publication writes, some European countries fear that the Trump administration will tip the scales in favor of Russia.
One of the European diplomats said about the “peace plan”: “Nothing about human rights, humanitarian law, international law or principles. It creates a new European “security architecture”, full of holes.”
What preceded: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Russia will not make concessions in the war, although it supports the peace efforts of US President Donald Trump.
High Representative of the EU for foreign and security policy, Kaya Kallas, expressed concern that the first draft of the “peace plan” for Ukraine published in the mass media did not contain any concessions or commitments from the aggressor state Russia.
Prehistory:
- On November 25, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed Steve Witkoff and Dan Driscoll to finalize the terms of the draft “peace agreement” with the Russian Federation and Ukraine, for which Witkoff will go to Moscow, and in the event of the final stage of its preparation, Trump will meet with Putin and Zelensky.
- According to Trump, the biggest concession from Russia is that it will agree to stop hostilities and not seize new territories.
- The US and Ukraine have different visions regarding the three points of the “peace agreement” – including the fact that Ukraine should withdraw without a fight from the unoccupied part of the Donetsk region.
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