Donald Trump is willing to sit down to negotiate with Vladimir Putin about the future of Ukraine without taking into account the position of the European Union. The head of the US diplomacy, Marco Rubiohe had a conversation this Saturday with his Russian counterpart, SERGUÉI LAVROVto start preparing the meeting between both leaders. An appointment without representation of the rest of European countries. Given this situation, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, has invited all the leaders of the European Union to meet in Paris on Monday to set a common position and claim to be part of the process.
Saudi Arabia It could be the place chosen for the summit between Trump and Putin that, for the moment, has no date. However, what is clear is that the Ukraine War will be discussed in that meeting. After the telephone conversation between Rubio and Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which he stated that “both parties expressed their willingness to cooperate in current international matters, including The resolution of the conflict in Ukrainethe situation in Palestine and, in general, in the Middle East, as well as in other regional issues. “
Since his arrival at the White House, Trump has made it clear that his intention is to end the war as soon as possible, although this supposes that Ukraine does not recover his entire territory. In addition, the president of the United States has taken away the possibility that Ukraine was integrated into the Take. However, in this plan to sign peace does not enter Europe. In an act of the Munich Security Conference, Trump’s envoy for the Ukraine War, the general Keith Kelloggruled out the presence of the European Union in those negotiations, remembering that with the conflict that exploded in 2014 “there were many people on the table” and it was a failure.
The EU position
The US intention to put aside the European Union has led Macron to take a step forward and has summoned all European leaders to a meeting on Monday in Paris to seek a common position and try to force Trump for Frene in his Negotiation with Putin. For now, and although it is not official, the German Foreign Minister is scheduled, Olaf Scholzthe British prime minister, Keir Starmerand the president of Poland, Donald Tusk.
In addition, before the position adopted by Trump, the president of Ukraine, Volodomir Zelenskihe has urged his European counterparts to “create the Armed Forces of Europe” to deal with possible external threats. Also, in the last hours, several American media have revealed that the US would have conditioned the aid to kyiv in exchange for the possession of 50 percent of the country’s rare land minerals, an offer that Zelenski.
