When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny and his American counterpart Donald Trump sat on Friday in an oval office in front of the camera of the leading American media, at first glance there was no indication that less than an hour later there would be an outrageous verbal rupture.
On that day, the Ukrainian delegation headed to the White House in order to inaugurate the negotiated agreement on US-Ukrainian cooperation, which counted on the creation of a joint investment fund from income from Ukrainian mineral resources.
The funds from the fund were to be redirected to the reconstruction of the war -destroyed economy.
In the end, the signature was not signature and the Ukrainian delegation had to leave the White House after a quarrel of leaders.
Today, many analysts are looking for an answer to the question of how to intensify diplomatic relations between the US and Ukraine, which has literally occurred live, has been prevented, and what could be triggered by the tension that has been chinked into.
Council not to pull out security guarantees
The situation was probably not especially helped by the fact that the oval office began to sound a topic that the Americans wanted to hold separately from the economic agreement. And these are security guarantees for Ukraine.
As the Czech governmental representative for the renovation of Ukraine pointed out Tomáš Kopečný, at the Greeding meeting with the Republican congressmen that preceded the negotiations with Trump, it was said that the topic of security guarantees is not on the program of the day and some Republicans advised to not pull it out in this meeting.
“The negotiations, which was prepared in advance and carefully planned, was out of control precisely because of crossing the agreed borders, both in terms of form and content,” Kopečný said.
He writes a diary about the Volodymyr Greats of Volodymyr, he also mentions it. It was given to him by the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who told Greeny to not scratch with Donald Trump about security agreements and not let himself be provoked by the media or anyone else. “Do not catch the bait,” the Senator advised the Ukrainian president, who later demanded his resignation.
Green clothes were solved
According to NY Times, before the explosion of emotions in an oval office, nothing has indicated that the situation could turn to an unexpected direction.
However, it was possible to follow some moments when it turned out that the Ukrainians and Americans were not entirely at the same wavelength. A typical example is the dispute over what the Ukrainian President was supposed to wear for the White House.
The Americans required Ukrainians to come in suits. Thus, it happened more or less, for example, Greeny’s right hand, the head of the presidential office of Andrija Jermak, we saw in the suit for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion. However, Greeny’s exception. The Ukrainian President is dressing an informal garment that reminds of the uniform for a symbolic reason – as a sign of solidarity with Ukrainian defenders.
“Oh, how dressed you are,” was the first words Trump addressed to Greeny at the official acceptance. CNN has read sarcasm in these President’s words.
He was also interested in one of the media representatives. In an oval office, he was asked by a blogger from the right -wing streaming channel Brian Glenn. The Ukrainian president replied that he would wear the suit after the war.
“Maybe I’ll wear as you have. Maybe better. We’ll see. Maybe cheaper, ”he added.
Too long in front of the cameras
Several diplomats point out that the length of the meeting of both leaders in front of the world media cameras was quite non -standard. Short meetings before the negotiations usually take the form of so -called. Small Talks. They serve for photothermine and ask a few questions before the negotiations.
In addition, a meeting with journalists was counted after negotiations and a ceremonial signing of the agreement.
There was no indication that there should be no signing of the agreement. According to CNN, everything was prepared for a festive ceremony in the White House and a long wooden table with four chairs for signatories was prepared as an East Room.
The leaders finally sat in front of the cameras for 50 minutes. The skirmish, which turned into a diplomatic disaster, lasted 10 minutes, and only took place at the end of the meeting.
From the perspective of the Americans, the sensitive moment could occur when Greenya mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin could not diplomatically tame several US administrations. After Zelenky, he started the vice president of JD Vance, who accused him of disrespect and asked the Ukrainian president if he thanked for his help. It is also worth mentioning that at some point Vancea appealed by a familial first name instead of a formal “Mr. Vice President”.
The fact that the debate in which the politicians jumped into speech was subsequently out of control, indicated the expression of the Ukrainian ambassador to the US Oksana Makarová, who covered her face with his palm in an oval study and grabbed his nose.
President could hand over the word
The Czech Plenipotentiary Kopečný also points out that the situation was also escalated by the fact that the Ukrainian President confronted the host at the meeting, was very assertive and actively interfered with the discussion.
Former Ukrainian diplomat Andrij Veselovskyj for noted that President Greeding President, for example, had a verbal attack of the American vice president either ignore or give a word to a member of the Ukrainian delegation. In this case, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanišinová or the head of the presidential office Andrij Jermak, who were also in an oval study.
“Any of them could answer Vance with respect and exhausting. They need to be prepared for such things, they must be predicted. It is necessary to train before the meeting, ”the diplomat said.
It was Andrij Jermak, a green right hand, who, according to Americans, insisted on the format of signing an agreement on economic cooperation in the White House. Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg did not recommend it, according to the daily Ukrainians.
“Greeding it played as badly as possible,” the US official told the daily. “He came to oval working as a tough. It didn’t work well. Everybody in the room offended it. Now Zelenskyj will have to figure out how to solve it yourself. We can’t do it for him. ”
The ball on the green side
Representatives of Trump’s administration claim that the way to the peace agreement of the end of the war today depends on the next steps of President Greeny.
In recent days, we have seen that several US officials, including the US Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Rubia, called on him to apologize. Greeny, however, in an interview with Fox News, who provided after a quarrel in the White House, to the question of whether he would apologize, he answered that he respected the President and the American nation, but he is not sure that he did something bad.
The NBC News also points out that it irritated the representatives of Trump’s administration when Greenyj in an oval office set the topic of US security guarantees, although he knew that there would be no economic agreement.
“The ball is on the side of President Greeny,” the television quotes the representative of the administration. “The President (Trump) is convinced that Greeding has to return to the negotiating table and it must be he who corrects it,” he added.
In addition, the head of the North Atlantic Alliance Mark Rutte, who told the Ukrainian President that he had to find a way to correct relationships with Trump.
According to the British media at today’s summit in London, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer should also call for improving relationships with Trump’s administration at today’s Summit in London. The Financial Times, referring to a source close to the Prime Minister, that Starmer should “make it politely to European colleagues that there is only one negotiation right now – that Trump is led”.
The art of possible called diplomacy
What way of making contact with Trump after a scandal in an oval office will be chosen by the Ukrainians, it is not yet clear.
According to Diplomat Veselovsky, the Ukrainian side could find, for example, a form of a “compromise speech”, which will be addressed to the US people and President Donald Trump.
As an example of how it works in the world of diplomacy, he cited the settlement of a tense situation that arose between Turkey and Russia in 2015. It was an incident when the Russian fighter operating over Syria disrupted the Turkish space and ignored the repeated Turkish warning. The Turks shot down the fighter. This was the first case since the 1950s, when the armed forces of NATO Member State shot down Russian or Soviet military aircraft.
“It triggered a hysteria in Moscow. Putin required an apology. What did the Turkish president do? He wrote a letter they read in Moscow as an apology, but when it was translated into the Turkish language, the Turks saw no justification there. This is the art of a possible, which is called diplomacy, ”Veselovskyj said.
