Donald Trump increased the pressure on Vladimir Putin and asked him to sign a peace agreement with Ukraine on Sunday evening. “I want him to stop photographing, sit down and sign a deal,” said the American president.
The American Foreign Minister Marco Rubio had already asked both Ukraine and Russia to negotiate a peace agreement quickly.
Senskyj, according to Trump, ready to give up Crimea
When asked if he believes that the Ukrainian president Wolodyymyr Senskyj was ready to “give up” the criminic peninsula that was annexed by Russia, Trump replied: “Oh, I think so.” The US president had published in an interview on Friday that the Crimea “stays with Russia” and added: “And Senskyj understands that.”
Trump’s statement marked a U-turn in earlier American politics towards Russia. In 2014, the United States and the West had never recognized the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula by Russia.
Until now, the Ukrainian government is excluded to hand over Crimea to Moscow in the course of an agreement. Russia, which started an attack war against Ukraine in February 2022, claims four other Ukrainian regions next to Crimea.
15 minutes of conversation in the Vatican
According to Trump, the conversation with Senskyj on Saturday in the Vatican on the edge of the funeral celebrations for the late Pope Francis. “I see him calmer. I think he understands the situation and want to close a deal,” says US president of reporters in New Jersey.
The US Minister of Foreign Affairs expects the week to make the decision
“This week will be a very important week in which we have to decide whether we want to continue to participate in this project or whether it is time to concentrate on other topics that are just as important, if not more important,” said Rubio with a view to the Mediator roll of the United States on American television. However, Rubio did not want to give a specific answer to the specific question of how long Kiev and Moscow still have time to reach an agreement. It was “stupid” to set a certain date, the minister said.
Rubio said with a view to a possible agreement that the goal has not yet been reached. “There are reasons to be optimistic, but of course also reasons to be realistic. We are close by, but not close enough,” the minister said. “We have made real progress, but the last few steps in this way will always be the most difficult.” The United States could not continue to spend time and resources for these efforts if this did not lead to success.
Source: Krone
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