If the President of Ukraine calls and makes a serious proposal how he intends to get involved in a peace process, we can return to talks – said JD Vance vice president in an interview with Fox News. He also stated that the US “is already working” on the details of the agreement with the Russians.
JD Vance spoke in an interview with Fox News about the conditions set by the White House to return to talks with Ukraine After a quarrel with his President Donald Trump and the President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelnski.
Last Friday, the leaders of both countries met in the White House, and the purpose of the meeting was to include Agreement on the operation of Ukrainian mineral raw materials. During the talks, there was a quarrel, and Washington left Zelnski prematurely without a signed contract. Presidents of Ukraine and USA They also did not appear in a joint press conference, which was canceled.
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Trump in a Friday statement after meeting Zelanski stated that the President of Ukraine “would be able to come back when he was ready for peace.” In his opinion, he should also be “more grateful” for the help of American administration.
The Vice President of the USA JD Vance was also asked about returning to Washington's conversations with Kiev. – I think that if (Zelnski) calls and presents a serious proposal how he intends to get involved in this process – listen, there are details that really have the meaning we are already working on with the Russians. We have already talked to some of our allies. He must seriously get involved in the details. I think that when this happens, then we will definitely want to talk – said Vance in an interview for Fox News.
He also stated that during a meeting in the Oval Office, Zełnski showed disrespect and adopted a claim attitude, but that the White House was able to ignore it if only Ukraine is ready for serious conversations. He also assessed that Zelanski is still not ready for this, but “eventually he will, because he must”.
Donald Trump and Jd VanceJim LO SCALZO/PAP/EPA
Vice President Vance criticized Ukraine for wanting to obtain security guarantees from the US, but refuses to talk about the details of its territorial concessions. He also argued that the mineral agreement was to be stronger security guarantees for Ukraine than the presence of European armed forces.
– if you want real security guarantees if you want to be sure that Vladimir Putin He will not make another invasion of Ukraine anymore, the best guarantee of security is to provide Americans with the economic benefits of Ukraine in the future. This is a much better guarantee of security than 20,000 soldiers from some random country that has not fought war for 30 or 40 years – argued the US Vice President.
He added, however, that this would not be achieved by “offending the president and refusing to implement his peace plan.”
Vance also criticized the words of European solidarity towards Zelanski, claiming that they were doing him a bear favor, because “their own societies say that they will not infinitely finance this war” and in private conversations of the leaders say these leaders say the same and say about the need to join Zelanski to talk.
– To be honest, I don't care what Europeans say in public. I care what they say in private conversations, and they should tell President Zelanski that this cannot last forever. This bloodshed, killing, economic destruction … Everyone has worse. The only path to the room and prosperity is what Donald Trump proposes – said Vance.
In the first hours after the unsuccessful conversations of Zelanski with Trump, European leaders expressed support for Ukraine. On Sunday, the London summit organized by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Starmer took place, to which the leaders of several European countries were invited. The president was also present Canada Justin TrudeauChairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Secretary General NATO Mark Rutte. Poland was represented by the prime minister Donald Tusk.
Conversations in the White HouseJim LO SCALZO/PAP/EPA
Vance about Putin. “Trust but check”
Vance also said that Vladimir Putin “said that he wanted to talk about peace”, and the attitude of Trump's administration towards these declarations consists in the principle “trust, but check”. – You must accept that President Trump not only assumes that everything that Russians tell him is true, he negotiates with them. There is giving and taking, there is trust, but checking. This is called diplomacy – said the politician.
By reporting a Friday quarrel in the oval office, Vance also confirmed the reports that the Ukrainians wanted to return to the talks after the quarrel, but Trump decided that there was nothing to talk about, since they were not ready to discuss his peaceful plan.
Speaking of his own role in a quarrel, which began by joining his conversation, Vance claimed that he wanted to “discharge tension”. He also claimed that for the first half an hour of the meeting Trump did what he could to be polite and nice to Zelanski, “even when Zelanski irritated him, even when Zelanski spoke things he (Vance) considered false.”
During the meeting of Wołodymyr Zelanski, Donald Trump and JD Vance, there was a sharp exchange of sentencesPAP/EPA/JIM LO SCALZO/POOL
American media, citing a representative in the White House, claim that the US has suspended military assistance for Ukraine. Just a few hours earlier, asked if he was considering such a decision, Trump said that “he did not talk about it”, although – as he said – we will see what would happen. ” According to Bloomberg and Fox News reports, the break will last until the US President decides that “country leaders are committed by commitment to peace in good faith.”
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