According to Rutte, there should be “two big questions” at the negotiation table.
“The first is the territory, and we must admit that at the moment Russia controls part of the Ukrainian territory. And the question will be how to move forward after the ceasefire, including what this will mean in terms of security guarantees for Ukraine,” Rutte said.
He also explained what to do with the recognition of the control of the invaders over some Ukrainian territories, if this is in the future agreement.
“This should be only actual recognition, but not legal, not de jure. We all remember that Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia from 1940 to 1991 had embassies in Washington, which meant recognition of the actual control of the Soviet Union over their territories, but never legal consent with this fact,” added NATO Secretary General.
Context
August 6 US President Donald Trump told reporters that it was likely to meet with the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the near future. He stated this following the visit of his special representative of Steve Witkoff to Moscow. Later, the head of the White House indicated that he would meet with Putin on August 15 in Alaska.
The Wall Street Journal wrote that Putin’s proposal provides for the end of hostilities in exchange for the Donbass: Ukraine, according to the Russian Federation, should withdraw all troops from the Donetsk region.
Trump said that the potential Russian-Ukrainian peace agreement provides for “Certain exchange of territories“, who supposedly” will be in favor of both sides. “
