The special envoy of the president of the United States, has described his negotiations last week with the president of Russia, as “persuasive“, making reference again to “Five territories”. What does that want to say? That Moscow will not in any case yield the peninsula of Crimeawhich was unilaterally annexed in 2014, nor those of the it is of Ukraine today partially occupated: Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporiyia and Jerson.
Witkoff made these statements in an interview with US media, Bloomberg reported. He also declared that he argued with Putin Measures that could end war in Ukraine and potentially open new business opportunities. He states that Putin asked him for help to ensure a “Durable peace”, That, according to Witkoff, “will take us time Achieve “, without further details.
The key to a broader agreement, said the American, revolves around the “five territories.” “This peace agreement refers to these so -called five territories, but it is much more than that”he said.
“We could be about to achieve something Very significant For the world as a whole, “he added, without referring to the raped sovereignty of Ukraine that this step would be Transform relations between the United States and Russia through very attractive commercial opportunities that would bring real stability to the region. “That seems to be Washington’s interest.
It should be remembered that on April 11, Witkoff met with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg, where they boarded a possible way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. According to Russian state media, The conversation lasted 4.5 hours.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that Witkoff refers to the territories occupied by Russia in the context of a “solution“To war between Russia and Ukraine.
In particular, in his outstanding interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff said that “the biggest problem in this conflict is the so -called four regions.” In your opinion, this refers to “Donbás, Crimea, Luhansk and two others.” After such comments, Reuters reported that some of the actions and statements of the envoy regarding the resolution of the large -scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia They have generated criticism from the White House and among the Republicans.
