Europe does not fully agree to end the war in Ukraine. European leaders consider that some of the 28 points presented by President Trump, they are not fair at all. For this reason, they have launched a counterproposal, in which they have suggested some changes. The agency Reuters has had access to the full text that the leaders have sent.
The document, which has been prepared precisely, proposes that the Ukrainian army be limited to 800,000 “in peacetime” instead of a general limit of 600,000 proposed by the US plan. He also assures that “negotiations on territorial exchanges will begin from the Line of Contact.” These are the most notable points of the counteroffer, rchosen by the agency.
- Following the signing of a peace agreement, a dialogue between Russia and NATO will be held to address all security and create a de-escalation environment that guarantees global security.
- The size of the Ukrainian army will be limited to 800,000 in peacetime.
- NATO agrees not to permanently station troops under its command in Ukraine in peacetime.
- Additionally, it will partner with kyiv to restore, grow, modernize and jointly operate Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, including its pipeline and storage facilities.
- Russia will be progressively reintegrated into the global economy and re-entered the G8.
- A full and complete non-aggression agreement will be reached between Russia and Ukraine and NATO. All the ambiguities of the last 30 years will be resolved.
- Russia will legislatively enshrine a policy of non-aggression towards Europe and Ukraine.
- Ukraine agrees to remain a non-nuclear state under the NPT. It will be restarted under the supervision of the IAEA, and the energy produced will be shared equally in a 50-50 split between Russia and Ukraine.
- Ukraine undertakes not to recover its occupied sovereign territory by military means. Negotiations on territorial exchanges will begin from the Line of Contact.
- A humanitarian committee will be established to resolve outstanding issues.
- Ukraine will hold elections as soon as possible after the signing of the peace agreement.
- When all parties agree to this memorandum, a ceasefire will be effective immediately.
Thus, point 3 of the US proposal has been eliminated. A draft seen by the news agency said: “It is hoped that Russia will not invade its neighbors and that NATO will not expand further.”
US-Ukraine talks move forward
The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, assured this Sunday that his delegation and the Ukrainian one “have made good progress” in “reviewing the points one by one” of Donald Trump’s peace plan for peace in Ukraine. In this way, it has been considered that even It may have been “the best meeting” that both parties have had around efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.
“Based on the contributions of all the parties involved here, we have been able to go over some of those points now one by one. And I think we have made a lot of progress,” the head of US diplomacy briefly told the press after the first round of meetings.
At that moment, at his side, was the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Andri Yermakwho has assured that the initial meeting, which lasted approximately an hour and a half, It was “very productive.” Immediately, he thanked “the United States, President Trump and his team” for his work “to restore peace to Ukraine”, and has highlighted the importance of involving European countries, Ukraine’s biggest allies in its war effort, but which have been excluded from these meetings by the US.
Furthermore, he has maintained that “good progress towards a lasting and just peace.” Rubio explained that the respective negotiating teams were going to meet again to work based on some of the suggestions made by the Ukrainian side. “So we are making some changes and adjustments in hopes of moving forward and reducing the differences to get closer to something that both Ukraine and, obviously, the United States feel very comfortable with,” he concluded.
