The tenant of the White House thus monitors the narrative of the aggressor, moreover still exposed, for the umpteenth time, by the chief of Russian diplomacy following the meetings between the Russian and American officials in Riyadh, where the ‘Ukraine and the EU were not invited.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected Ukraine’s objections to his exclusion from talks between the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war in eastern Ukraine.
He also seemed to suggest that Ukraine was responsible for a war that only started after the invasion of this country by Russia, in the East and Crimea in 2014, and with the Invasion scale in 2022.
Addressing journalists since his domain in Mar-A-Lago, Trump said: “Today, I () heard them say ‘we were not invited’. It’s been three years since you have been There.
Trump has shown little patience in the face of Ukraine’s objections concerning his exclusion from talks in Saudi Arabia. He repeatedly repeated that Ukrainian leaders should never have allowed the conflict, indicating that Kyiv should have been ready to make concessions to Russia before it sends troops in Ukraine there is almost 3 years.
Moreover, during the talks between the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, justified the massive invasion of Russia by rejecting the responsibility of the war on Ukraine and the West. He repeated the Kremlin propaganda theses on the alleged “deep causes” of war, including the expansion of NATO and “discrimination” against the Russian -speaking population in Ukraine.
Lavrov has also reiterated the long -standing requirements of Vladimir Putin since the end of 2021, in particular the neutrality of Ukraine, the refusal to adhere to NATO, the limitation of the size of the Ukrainian army and The effective withdrawal of the Ukrainian government from power.
Sean Savett, who was a spokesperson for the National Security Council of the White House under the chairmanship of Joe Biden, said in a message on social networks: “It looks like Trump swallowed Putin propaganda without flinching. »»
“A reminder that no one should need: Putin triggered war by invading Ukraine without provocation and his forces committed war crimes against the Ukrainian people. Russia is the responsible part of the continuation of this war. »»
Transatlantic link at risk?
These comments and Trump’s objective to restore links with Moscow could cost dearly to the Transatlantic Alliance of the United States and Europe and considerably affect Washington’s position vis-à-vis Ukraine and D “Other nations that rely on the leadership of the United States within NATO and elsewhere to ensure their safety and protection.
“(Even) an unhappy negotiator could have settled this question years ago without losing much ground, very little, without losing lives,” said Trump, echoing his frequent affirmation that he would have could prevent the Russian invasion.
Mr. Trump said he thought he was “good luck” to end the Russian war in Ukraine, but he insurgled against the suggestions that the United States and Russia had started negotiations for End the fighting that took place without Ukraine playing a role.
No intention to exclude Europe
Neither Ukraine nor European countries were invited to Tuesday talks in Riyadh, but US officials said it was not a question of excluding them from peace negotiations if they really started.
“No one is sidelined,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “It is obvious that there will be a commitment and a consultation with Ukraine, with our partners in Europe and with others. But in the end, the Russian part will be essential for this effort”.
Donald Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz said that the American president had spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky immediately after talking to Putin last week and that US vice-president JD Vance and CHED US diplomacy Rubio had met Zelensky on Friday in Germany.
Nevertheless, the Ukrainian leader was clearly unhappy to have been excluded from the meeting and postponed his project to visit Saudi Arabia in order to avoid any link between his trip and the American-Russian talks on Tuesday.
ADVERTISEMENTThis, before Mr. Trump’s comments suggesting that Kyiv was responsible for triggering fighting.
“From the start, all negotiations seem to bend in favor of Russia. One can even wonder if it is a negotiation or, in a certain sense, ofA series of American capitulations“said Nigel Gould-Davies, principal researcher for Eurasia and Russia at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London and former British ambassador to Bélarus.
If the parties manage to negotiate the end of the conflict in Ukraine, said Marco Rubio, this could open “incredible possibilities” of partnership with the Russians “on questions which, hopefully, will be beneficial for the world and will improve our relations in the long term “.
He did not specify what it would imply.
ADVERTISEMENTAmerican sanctions maintained?
He, however, he said, reported to his European allies that the United States would not raise the sanctions against Russia, at least until an agreement was concluded to end the war in Ukraine.
According to Bloomberg, Rubio made this declaration during a telephone call with a group of European officials on February 18, after discussions between the American and Russian delegations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Earlier in the day, he stressed that any agreement to end the war would require concessions from all parties, including the issue of sanctions.
“To put an end to a conflict, all parties must make concessions,” Rubio told the press in Riyadh.
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