“Bart de Wever noted that frozen Russian assets can be a serious leverage in negotiations with Putin and should be preserved.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Bart de Wever noted that frozen Russian assets can be a serious leverage in negotiations with Putin and should be preserved.
According to him, if the frozen assets are used, then one should be sure that the Russian Federation will be exhausted / Photo: screenshot from the videoRussian President Vladimir Putin can afford many things, including leading Russians to slaughter, but he is not ready to lose the war, Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever said in an interview with HLN.
The Prime Minister of Belgium also noted that Russia is a strong nation and expressed his opinion on the use of frozen Russian assets to “finance the war”.
“You can’t have your cake three times and eat it too. And if we use this money to finance the war, then we also assume that the Russians will be exhausted in two years. They are a strong nation. A king like Putin can do everything: starve his people, lead them to the slaughterhouse and arrange genocide here and there. But lose the war? He can’t do that,” said Bart de Wever.
In addition, the Prime Minister of Belgium, commenting on the proposal of the European Commission to provide Ukraine with a “reparation loan” at the expense of the frozen assets of the Russian Federation, said that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, “has to go around the whole of Europe on a bicycle in order to be able to reach a compromise.”
At the same time, during a conversation with Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz, the Prime Minister of Belgium noted that it is necessary to preserve leverage in the form of frozen assets of the Russian Federation for negotiations with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Belgium and frozen Russian assets: the latest newsEarlier, UNIAN reported that Belgium rejected the concessions proposed by the European Commission regarding the unblocking of a loan for Ukraine in the amount of 210 billion euros at the expense of frozen Russian assets. The Commission has proposed legal changes to its initiative to ensure support for Belgium. It is also indicated that a proposal was made not to provide money to Ukraine until the EU countries provide financial guarantees for at least 50% of the payments.
We also wrote that the EU agreed to provide Ukraine with an interest-free loan in the amount of EUR 90 billion. The Times columnist William Browder noted that this was an important decision, but it was accompanied by defeat, as a proposal to use the frozen assets of the Russian central bank in favor of Ukraine was rejected. The observer noted that the bill will be paid by taxpayers in Germany, France, the Netherlands and other countries. Browder added that the Kremlin is openly mocking Europe’s timidity. In his opinion, seizing these funds would strike at the heart of Putin’s system and hasten the end of the war.
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