27 EU Leaders Hold Emergency Summit on Ukraine
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and RIA Novosti, the 27 heads of EU member states will hold an emergency meeting on Monday, November 24, on the sidelines of the EU-Africa summit in Luanda.
Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, is expected to bring up issues related to Ukraine during this session.
The European Council President stated: “The European Union fundamentally believes that borders should not be changed by force.”
RIA Novosti also reported that Antonio Costa confirmed a special EU meeting focused on resolving the Ukraine crisis will take place in Luanda, Angola, on November 24 following a U.S. proposal.
According to Ukrainian sources regarding the U.S. plan, it includes the following points:
- Providing conditional security guarantees to ukraine;
- Ukraine enshrines neutrality and renounces NATO membership in its constitution; NATO confirms that Ukraine will never join;
- Limiting Ukraine’s armed forces to 600,000 personnel;
- Ukraine remains a nuclear-free country;
- Recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea and the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics;
- The Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions remain in a “frozen” military conflict zone;
- Establishment of a demilitarized buffer zone under Russian control;
- Bilateral commitments not to change borders by force;
- No deployment of NATO troops within Ukraine;
- NATO fighter jets deployed in Poland instead;
- The start of security talks among the United States, NATO, and Russia with formation of a U.S.-Russia working group;
- Russia legally commits not to invade Ukraine or Europe;
- A major investment project led by the U.S. and Europe for rebuilding Ukraine begins;
- $100 billion from frozen Russian assets allocated for reconstruction; half returns as profit to the U.S.;
- An additional $100 billion contributed by Europe;
- The remaining frozen Russian assets earmarked for joint American-Russian projects;
- A Ukrainian progress fund established investing in infrastructure, resources, and technologies;
- A gradual lifting of sanctions against Russia;
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