“Trump’s unwillingness to push Russia to the truce indicates that he may move away from participating in the negotiations.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Trump’s unwillingness to push Russia to the truce indicates that he may move away from participating in the negotiations.
Trump after talking with Putin refused to attempt pressure on Russia / collage of UNIAN, photo WikipediaA telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended pressure on Russia for an immediate ceasefire and instead opened a way to continue fighting during long negotiations.
According to The Washington Post, Trump’s unwillingness to push Russia to the truce indicates that he can move away from participating in the negotiations, which his team signals for several weeks.
“A little more than a week ago, European leaders planned to apply new sanctions against Russia with US officials if it did not agree to cease fire in Ukraine. But despite the many months calls of Trump to immediately cease hostilities, the President, who once promised to end the war in one day, not only seems to be rejected. articles.
At the same time, during a telephone conversation with Trump, Putin was able to add a new delay element to the process: the need for each party to prepare a “Memorandum” on the conditions of the future peace treaty, a step that can make Ukraine vulnerable as the negotiations are delayed.
According to WP, after the third telephone conversation of Trump with Putin from the moment of his inauguration, one can already deduce the pattern of their interaction: the United States require Putin to show that he is seriously treating peace talks, in response, the Kremlin insists that the complexity of a wider peace agreement prevents immediate termination.
According to Senior Researcher at the Eurasian Center of Carnegie in Russia, Tatiana Stanova, Putin, apparently, managed to “offer Trump an intermediate, tangible result from Washington’s peaceful efforts without making real concessions.”
According to WP, Trump’s hint that Russia and Ukraine will have to negotiate a ceasefire with each other, also provides a decrease in US participation in this process:
“This raises doubts as to whether an agreement can be reached by the end of the year. Putin is convinced that Russia is taking a mountain in the war and can get more territory during the summer season.”
At the same time, as the WP reported a source, after a further telephone conversation between Trump and European leaders, “has a clear impression that Trump may not want to increase Putin’s pressure on Putin in the near future and may even be ready to reduce the US.”
Putin and Trump’s conversationOn May 19, a two -hour telephone conversation between the US President and the Kremlin was held. The American leader described their conversation as “wonderful”, saying that Kiev and Moscow would immediately begin peace negotiations on ceasefire.
Western media reported that Trump’s soft position on Russia has caused concern among European leaders who coordinated efforts to pressure Russia in order to cease the fire.
According to NYT, Putin received exactly what he wanted: not only the cessation of US pressure, but also a deep crack inside NATO, between Americans and their European allies.
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