The head of European diplomacy protests against the EU marginalization in Russian-American negotiations. She convened a reunion of foreign ministers
The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said, in a statement sent on Sunday, that any agreement between the US and Russia for the conclusion of the war in Ukraine must include this country as well.
Kaja Kallas PHOTO: EPA-EFE
“The United States has the power to force Russia to negotiate seriously. Any understanding between the US and Russia must include Ukraine and the EU, as it is a matter of security for Ukraine and all of Europe.”said Kaja Kallas.
“While we work in the direction of a fair and durable peace, international law is clear: all temporarily occupied territories belong to Ukraine.” she further indicated after the US president suggested the idea of Ukraine territorial assignments to Russia in a possible “exchange of territories”, writes Agerpres.
“An agreement should not offer a launch ramp for a future Russian aggression against Ukraine, transatlantic alliance and Europe. “ He added the head of the EU diplomacy in the same statement, mentioning that at the extraordinary meeting of the European Foreign Ministers on Monday, other topics will be addressed, including the Gaza strip.
The main fear of Ukraine and its European supporters is for Trump and Putin to agree over their heads, although the United States is consulting with European allies and Ukraine. For example, in order to coordinate the positions before the Trump-Putin summit, US Vice-President JD Vance had a meeting in London on Saturday by British Foreign Minister David Lammy, attended by Ukrainian presidential counselor Andrii Iermak and responsible in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Finland.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski has insisted on not being excluded from Russian-American discussions, while, according to the American press, the White House leader still analyzes whether to invite him to Alaska, for a bilateral Trump-Zenski meeting, separated by the Trump-Putin meeting, or for a trilateral summit.
According to the American press, Russia would have proposed to stop the offensive along the current line of the front in the provinces of Zaporojie and Herson, located in southeast and southern Ukraine, and withdraw their troops from the provinces of Dnipropetrovsk (Center), Sumî (North) and Kharkov (North-East), but only in exchange for the Donbas Region, respectively Donetsk and Lugansk provinces in eastern Ukraine. The province of Lugansk is the only one that the Russian army has managed to occupy almost completely, while part of Donetk is still under Ukrainian control. It is understood from this proposal and maintaining the Russian control over the Crimea Peninsula.
The Ukrainian president rejected any transfer of territories to Russia and any agreement concluded in his absence. After Zelenski asked for the help of its European supporters, the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Finland and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von Der Leyen, issued a common statement in which Trump's efforts to try to end the war in Ukraine The hostilities, the compulsory inclusion of Ukraine in discussions, negotiations whose starting point is the current line of the front, and a future peace agreement to include security guarantees for Ukraine.
During this time, in Moscow, former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev accused Ukraine's European allies of wanting to continue the war and tries to fail the Trump-Putin summit.
