At the conference held in Washington by Council on abroad Relations (CFR) Kellogg presented Trump administration strategywhich is guided by its approach to war. As he stated, America abandons its current approach, in which it favoured 1 side, alternatively simply wants to end the fight.
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Proxy war, to the detriment of our own interestsNational security“The retired general said.
During the speech and later discussion with CBS writer Margaret Brennan stated that the U.S.'s goal was to reset relations with Russia to break the “global axis” of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
Gen. Keith Kellogg: Washington wants a reset with Moscow
– president Trump's approach to this war besides exists Broader strategywhich is based on realizing that The United States must reset relations with Russia – he said. He added, “further isolation and deficiency of commitment to talks with Russia during the period wars in Ukraine they are no longer feasible or sustainable and surely not a liable diplomatic approach from the United States."
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He assessed that room will be beneficial for all and will be an chance to “break up the axis we are presently seeing, which is global and which poses a real threat to United States of America‘.
With mention to Interruptionmilitary and intelligence support for UkraineKellogg stated that Ukrainians “have brought this on themselves”, publically undermining president Trump's approach at a fresh White home meeting. He said he had a clear warning. Zelenskiwhat the consequences of not signing mineral agreements and publically questioning president Trump's actions.
The White home riot. “Zelenski misread the situation”
He assessed that Zelenski “read the situation badly” and wanted to U.S. publically sided with Ukraine against Russia. That would negate the nonsubjective function of the peacemaker. President Trump But he did not approach it in specified a way that 1 side would gain an advantage over the other," he added.
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He personally compared Trump's approach to negotiations with the approach President Theodore Rooseveltwho was the end mediator The Russian-Japanese War 1905 and received for this Nobel Peace Prize. Kellogg admitted that stopping aid was painful for Kiev, but compared it to "sharing the mule with a board in his nose" to draw his attention.
Diplomat noted that break is simply a temporary pause, not a permanent withdrawal of support. erstwhile asked what Ukraine had to do to reconstruct US aid, he replied that it had to supply a list of its conditions for ending the conflict. He besides assessed that he would personally "not decision forward" until it was signed Minerals AgreementBut he said it was up to him. President Trump.
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Kellogg besides stated that Trump's administration is pushing not only Ukraine, but besides makes "aggressive moves to put force on Russians", listing sanctions and freezing of Russian assets. However, erstwhile he was informed that these actions had been taken by the erstwhile administration, the diplomat stated that Russia presented its list of conditions and Ukraine No, suggesting that this is the origin of unilateral pressure.
He assessed that Russia behaves more “reasonably” than Ukraineand its public declarations, among others, about exclusion of abroad troops in Ukraine are only the starting point to negotiations. erstwhile asked for presence European stabilisation forces in Ukraine and the American guarantees for these forces, Kellogg said it was crucial in this substance to find precisely how it should look.
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Speaking of possible conditions agreements, Kellogg denied what a peculiar emissary for the mediate East said earlier, Steve Witkoff, i.e. that the basis of the agreement would be draft agreementpresented during negotiations in Istanbul In March 2022 Kellogg stated that this paper could be a "point of departure", but assessed that its conditions were unfair and placed in a situation of weakening Ukraine. They spoke, among others, about size limitations Ukrainian Armed Forcesexclusion NATO membership and position clearance Crimea In 10 years.
– I think we request to make something completely new," Kellogg said. - Even if it is. Ukraine At the time she agreed to any of the conditions, you must look at the time frame erstwhile it was done... We gotta get back to today. We can't go back 3 years," he said.
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