US Vice President JD Vance, in India, offered an ultimatum on accepting the proposal of peace on Wednesday, warning that otherwise the US will abandon negotiations, CNN reports.
JD Vance, visited in India Photo EPA-EFE
“We made a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it is time for them to say yes or the US will withdraw from this process.he said.
These statements come in the context in which the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Ukraine have postponed the London meeting to discuss a future peace agreement after the US Secretary of State has canceled its visit.
“The current lines (of the front), or somewhere close to them, is the place where I think the new limits of the conflict will eventually be drawn”he said in front of the reporters, after ending a Taj Mahal tour, reports Le Monde.
The US Vice -President added that this would mean that Ukraine and Russia should give up each part of the territories they currently control. “There will be some territorial exchanges”he said, specifying that although the final border may not correspond to the current lines of the front, for the fights to cease, both sides must “to submit the weapons, to freeze the situation and to focus on the construction of a Russian and a better Ukraine. “
Vance, who declared himself “optimistic” last week of negotiations, said that, in his opinion, all parties have negotiated with good faith.
US President Donald Trump warned last week that he is ready to withdraw from mediation to end the Ukraine war, if an agreement is not reached soon.
A major meeting in London, meant to end the Russian war in Ukraine, was relegated after US Secretary Marco Rubio said he would jump over the summit. The spokesman of the State Department, Tammy Bruce, said on Tuesday that the head of American diplomacy will no longer participate because of “logistical problems”.
London Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the meeting will take place at a lower level. “The official discussions will continue, but they are closed to the press,” the department said in a message to journalists.
