Talk about peace, yes… but not now not even like that. The recently appointed secretary general of the OTAN, Mark Ruttehas advanced the main lines of the summit in format reduced that it maintains these days, with Ukraine and the future of the same organization as central themes.
In a meeting that will have Zelensky as a guestRutte has advanced that NATO wants to “do the most” in your support for kyiv before laying out the conditions for a future ceasefire with Russia.
The German chancellor is expected at the meeting, Olaf Scholzthe Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Melonithe Polish President, Andrzej Duda, and the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, as well as representatives of France and the United Kingdom, as well as the President of the European Council, Antonio Costaand the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenaccording to Europa Press.
will not behowever, Pedro Sanchez As it is a summit model in which Spain does not usually participate, sources from Moncloa allege.
Weeks before Donald Trump re-enters the White House, with numerous references to the future of the United States in NATO, the Atlantic alliance has raised a informal date to lay the foundations for the future immediate.
Mark Rutte has made it clear that at the meeting they will discuss “everything that has to do with Ukraine at the moment and how to put an end to all this”, in reference to Russian aggression, pointing out that any initiative must be led by kyiv from a “position of strength”.
This position involves, for the Western leader, reinforcing kyiv to prevent it from getting weakened facing a potential negotiation with Moscow. Therefore, he asks for time and not to talk about the details of those peace talks.
“If we now start discussing among ourselves what a peace agreement could look like, we make it very easy for the Russiansbecause they sit there in their reclining chairs, listening to our discussions, smoking a good cigar while watching these images on television,” he said. “I don’t think that’s useful,” Rutte stressed.
