Steps forward on the dossier Ukrainebut Europe has taken a slap Not a little. But let’s go to degrees. The second day of the Monaco security conference saw the debate on the war between Moscow and Kiev protagonist and on the possibilities of reaching peace. On the stage of the Bavarian conference, the Ukrainian president also took the floor Volodymyr Zelenskywhich emphasized the prospects of an agreement with Russia, showing openness to possible concessions on the occupied territories and soliciting the creation of a European army.
Zelensky also clarified that Ukraine has not put any agreement with Washington on white regarding the rare earthremarking that the document has not yet been aimed at guaranteeing adequate protection for Kiev’s interests. Among these priorities also to the safetywith the need for an adhesion of Ukraine to NATO and the urgency of jointly developing a European army. There was no lack of alarm bells: according to Ukraine intelligence, the Kremlin would plan to send troops to Belarus during the summer. And again Zelensky has mentioned the possibility of a retirement of Russian forces to the pre-invasion borders of 2022: “When we talk about a right peace for Ukrainian, we know that we do not have the strength to expel them from all over our territory. We must use the diplomacy and support of the partners, but do not give up. “
But the negotiation table remains to be defined and, as highlighted at the opening, Europe has taken a slap. The United States have made no mystery of their will to maintain a brussels detachment in the interviews. The message is very clear, the errors of the “Minsk format” must be avoided. Europe It will be consulted but will not sit at the tableconfirmed Donald Trump’s special correspondent for Ukraine Keith Kellogg: When asked if the EU would have been present at the planned interviews, Kellogg replied that he belongs to the “school of realism and that this will not happen”. “It could be like plaster on the blackboard, it could irritate a little, but I’m very honest” he added: “To my European friends, I say: enter the debate, not complaining that you could, yes or not, be at the table, But proposing ideas, increasing spending ”.
Kellogg’s words are clear, clear and crystalline, but there are those who want to see an opening compared to JD Vance. Even the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani It continues to invite to calm and not to agitated for American statements: from Kellogg, “I think there is a recognition of the role of Europe, also because then at the negotiation table we are the countries that have imposed the sanctions. So obviously we should be part of the comparison ”. Brussels’ gaze is turned to Paris as a possible opportunity to find a common strategy that ensures European voice in the end of the war.
But be careful of what was made known by politician: high officials of the Republican Administration would be going to Riad in Saudi Arabia for Start peace interviews with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators. The portal cites a republican parliamentarian and two US officials aware of the plan: the secretary of state Marco Rubio and the envoy of Donald Trump for the Middle East Steve Witkoff would be traveling, to whom the national security councilor should join in the next few days Mike Waltz. Politician also confirmed that there would be no plan to admit to the table of negotiations representatives of European countries. In short, only the hope of counting something remains, but the messages that arrive confirm that The old continent is destined to remain excluded from any table…
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