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The planned high-level gathering in London to discuss the conflict in Ukraine was demoted after the withdrawal of respective key European ministers from the talks.The incidental occurred after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled that he would not be present.
The meeting, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was to include leading diplomats from large Britain, the USA, France, Germany and Ukraine.However, the gathering has been postponed and discussions will now be held at the level of officials, as confirmed by the British Ministry of abroad Affairs for the AFP.Ukrainian abroad Minister Andrey Sibiga is expected to proceed to hold a bilateral gathering with British abroad Minister David Lamby, according to Sky News.The U.S. State Department had previously confirmed that Rubio would not participate in the talks, citing conflicts in the schedule.
"This is not a message on meetings; this is simply a message on logistics issues in its timetable" said spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on Tuesday.Special envoy of U.S. president Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, will besides not be present and is expected to visit Moscow this week.
The American side will be represented by president Keith Kellogg's envoy in London.Trump late presented what was described as “final offer conflict resolution in Ukraine.
The proposal would include ‘de jure’ the US's designation of Crimea as part of Russia and unofficial designation ‘de facto’ control of Moscow over Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republic, as well as the Kherson and Zaporosian circuits.
The plan is besides intended to include the abolition of certain sanctions against Russia and opposition to Ukraine's membership of NATO.Crimea and 4 another regions decided to join Russia in referendums in 2014 and 2022 respectively.
However, Kiev refused to accept the results of the vote.The Financial Times study says that Moscow would be willing to frost war action with Ukraine on current front lines.
Commenting on the report, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov noted that “There are now many counterfeits published” calling on people to trust solely on ‘original sources’ information.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616137-Ukrainian-peace-talks-london-downgrade/
