Trump’s Special Envoy: Europe will not have a place at the Ukrainian Peace Talks
reports Mehr News Agency Reuters quoted Reuters, Keith Clag, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukrainian affairs, saying that Europe will have no place in peace talks to resolve the Ukrainian war.
Trump surprised Europeans by phone calling Russian President Vladimir Putin last week without consulting them or Kiev.
Trump executive officials have also clearly stated in recent days that Washington cannot prioritize Ukraine, given the priorities such as border security and confrontation with China, resulting in US allies. In NATO, they must take the main responsibility for the security of the region.
US actions have exacerbated Europeans’ fears of the peace agreement, as any agreement will overshadow their security, especially if too much for the benefit of the agreement, especially if too much. Be Russia.
Clag said at the Munich Security Conference that the United States will play a role in the negotiations. “I am from a school of realism,” he said in response to the possibility of Europeans at the negotiating table. I don’t think that happens.
Trump’s envoy shortly later assured Europeans on a roundtable on the sidelines of the conference that this does not mean “their interests are not considered.”
However, European officials say they will not accept the negotiations. Finnish President Alexander Stab told reporters in Munich: “There is no way to discuss or negotiate about Ukraine, the future of Ukraine or the European security structure without the presence of Europeans.” Europe should speak less and do more.
Stab, referring to a questionnaire sent to Brussels and asked them to announce what the security guarantees for Kiev can provide, adding: This European questionnaire. Forced to think.
A European diplomat said the questionnaire contains 2 questions and one of these questions specifically asked members of the European Union.
