(Washington) The United States is working to “program” a meeting between Donald Trump and his Russian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky, US vice-president JD Vance said on Sunday, while Ukraine’s European allies are growing for the presence of Mr. Zelensky at the American-Russian Alaska.
What to know
- The announcement of the Trump-Putine summit, which will take place without Volodymyr Zelensky, has aroused concerns among the Allies of Kyiv as to the possibility that an agreement is concluded in the back of Ukraine;
- Since the announcement of the Trump-Putine summit, the Ukrainian head of state has insisted that his country and his European allies have been included in the process;
- US vice-president JD Vance said the United States is working to “program” a meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.
“One of the most important blockages is that Vladimir Putin said that he never was busy with [Volodymyr] Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader, and the president [Trump] managed to change this, “said JD Vance during an interview with the conservative Fox News channel, broadcast on Sunday.
Now, he added, the American administration is working to “program [le moment où] These three leaders could sit and discuss the end of this conflict in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Monday not to give in to the requirements of Vladimir Putin, before a summit scheduled for Friday between the Russian president and his American counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine fears that this meeting, scheduled for the time being without the participation of Volodymyr Zelensky, will lead to an agreement which would force her to give up parts of her territory to Russia.
“Russia refuses to stop the massacres and must therefore not receive rewards or advantages. And it’s not just a moral position, it’s a rational position, “said Volodymyr Zelensky on Facebook. “The concessions do not persuade a killer,” he added.
The leaders of the European Union and powers of the Old Continent still insisted that Kyiv was involved in American-Russian negotiations, a few days before the summit scheduled for Friday between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
And Volodymyr Zelensky, who will not in principle participate in this summit, urged its European allies, notably France, Germany and the United Kingdom also excluded from talks, to define a common approach. An “extraordinary meeting” in videoconference is also scheduled on Monday between foreign ministers from EU countries and their Ukrainian counterpart.
The United States Ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, suggested on Sunday that the Ukrainian president could attend the summit.
“Yes, I undoubtedly think that it is possible,” replied the American diplomat to the Atlantic Alliance, which was questioned by CNN television on a possible presence of the Ukrainian head of state in Alaska.
“There is certainly no agreement if all the parties involved have not subscribed to it. And, obviously, the absolute priority is to reach the end of the war, ”argued Mr. Whitaker.
But in the end, it will be for Donald Trump to decide, warned his ambassador to NATO.
“If he believes that inviting Zelensky is the best scenario, then he will do it,” he said.
But “no decision has been made,” said the former federal prosecutor.
