– I am here to, of course, gather the opinions of Europeans, but erstwhile we sit at the table, it truly will be two protagonists (...) and the intermediary," said President Trump's envoy during a “Ukrainian lunch”, organised by Ukrainian Yalta European Summit (YES) at the margins The Munich safety Conference.
“This may sound like the sound of nails on the board”
As he said, The protagonists are Russia and Ukraineand the United States is simply a middleman. According to Kellogg, European countries will not be at the table to avoid repeating the situation with Minsk negotiations (with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany) erstwhile "we had many people at the table who did not truly have the ability to enforce any kind of peace."
– I know it may sound like the sound of nails on the board, that it may sting a bit, but I'm telling you something that's rather honest," the general pointed out.
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Like he said, negotiation process It goes on 2 paths. The first – talks with Russia – is headed by peculiar Envoy for mediate East Steve Witkoff and the second – talks with European allyand Ukraine – he himself.
– We besides do not exclude Alliance, due to the fact that erstwhile we make a final decision on this issue, everyone will be involved, not just, by the way, not just Europe," he said.
100 days to scope agreement
He stressed that the intent of the United States is to halt bloodshed and guarantee lasting peace with respect for Ukrainian sovereignty, which will require real security guarantees. However, he admitted that he had not yet been able to find what they would look like, due to the fact that that was the case with his discussions with European partners.
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He announced that he was going to collect opinions on this subject and then present a number of options to president Trump. He said it was Trump, and he's not gonna make the decision. He besides stressed that despite erstwhile statements on NATO exclusions, whether returning to the 1991 borders, nothing has been ‘taken off the table’.
Kellogg said that more specifics could be expected in “another days and weeks” alternatively than in six months and that he had set a deadline for himself 100 days to scope an agreement.
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