A “large number” of weapons
On Monday, after a meeting in Washington with the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, he confirmed his words and announced that Ukraine would receive one “large number“Weapons thanks to an agreement between NATO and the United States.”We will send them weapons, and they are them (members of the Alliance) who will pay them. The United States will make no payment, we do not buy this equipment, but we will make it, and they are the ones who will finance it. “
This financial support for weapons by NATO is not self -evident. “HAS my knowledge, there is no arrangement within NATO for thiscomments an academic source. We do not deliver weapons via NATO but well via the European Union or individually. However, some states have declared themselves ready to pay. They would buy arms in the United States to transfer them to Ukraine afterwards.“
Monday, Mark Rutte probably confirmed this scenario by announcing that he had already been in contact with “many countries“Eager to participate in this operation, including Finland, Sweden, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom.”This means that Ukraine will get their hands on a very large number of military equipment, both for air defense, but also missiles and ammunition “, he added.
Donald Trump threatens Vladimir Putin: “100%customs duties” for Russia in the event of a failure of negotiations with Ukraine within 50 days
100 % customs duties
Difficult to determine whether this welcome announcement for Ukraine illustrates a change in sustainable policy on the part of Donald Trump, whose apparent desires of peace have come up against the reality on the ground and the ambitions of Moscow.
Rather aligned with Kremlin’s positions and requests since his entry into office, the American president said he was repeatedly “disappointed“From Vladimir Putin in recent weeks.
Monday, he repeated again to be “Disappointed with the president Poutinebecause I thought we would have an agreement two months ago, but that does not seem to materialize“. After which, he threatened Russia and his allies to apply them”very severe customs duties“If no agreement on the war in Ukraine was found”within 50 days“. “If we do not have an agreement within 50 days, it’s very simple, (customs duties) will be 100 % and that’s how“He added.
Sergei Lavrov in Beijing
Present alongside President Trump during this meeting, the influential republican senator Lindsay Graham and the Democrat Richard Blumenthal have been carrying a bill of Russian finances even more for months. Interviewed on Sunday by the American television channel CBS, Lindsey Graham had indicated that if she were voted, this proposal “would give President Trump the ability to impose customs duties of 500 % on any country that helps Russia and supports Putin’s war machine“. But this”blow“Do not seem to be privileged for the moment by the president.
Moscow, for his part, did not wait for the American announcement to consult his allies. After a trip to North Korea where he was assured of the support of Pyongyang, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, was in China on Monday.
In Beijing, his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, soberly presented the relationship between the two countries as being “the most stable, the most mature and the richest in strategic value in the world“. The priority is today to”The joint preparation of the next high -level exchanges“, “deepening global strategic cooperation“or again”The common response to the challenges posed by a world in mutation and turbulence“According to him.
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