The meeting between the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, and his American pair, Donald Trump, in the White House generated several expectations around a possible resolution of the conflict with Russia.
European leaders flew to Washington to be present, after Trump met the Russian Vladimir Putin last Friday in Alaska. Although with a first optimism of the Republican president, on Monday night there were no specific commitments on security or steps towards a peace agreement.
The four key conclusions of conversations about Ukraine
The most important conclusions of the latest talks among the three leaders involved in the negotiations are presented below:
A meeting between Putin and Zelenski?
After the summit, Trump published in Truth Social He had called Putin to start organizing conversations between Kremlin and Zelenski. After Alaska, the Republican said there will be a trilateral that included Zelenski.
Monday’s telephone talk between the representatives of the US and Russia lasted about 40 minutes. It remains to be seen how simple it will be to face both leaders for the first time since Russia’s large -scale invasion began in February 2022.
For months, Zelenski pressed to meet with Putin, although it is believed that as a way to demonstrate his argument that Russia does not take the search for peace seriously, since he believed that Kremlin had no interest in such a meeting.
Moscow, meanwhile, repeatedly rejected it and an evasive statement from the Kremlin advisor, Yuri UshakovMonday night, he said that “It was worth exploring the possibility of raising the level of representatives“Of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in the negotiations.
Europeans resist that Trump moves away from high fire
Trump seemed to rule out the need for high fire before negotiations for the end of war took place. In the past that was a key demand for Ukraine, which let for management the end of the fighting is a prerequisite to continue conversations with Russia and, ultimately, to reach a long -term solution.
Analysts consider that It could be a little easier to agree on a fire than a total peace agreementwhich would take many months of negotiations. “I don’t know if necessary,” Trump said on a high fire, but from Europe they took another position.
“I can’t imagine that the next meeting is held without a high fire,” said the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz He added: “So we work on it and try to press Russia.”
Trump hints security guarantees
The Republican told Zelenski that the US would help guarantee the security of Ukraine in any agreement to end the warwithout specifying the scope of that assistance and did not offer troops on the ground.
However, when journalists asked him if security guarantees for Ukraine could include the presence of US military in the country, Trump did not rule out: He said that Europe was the “first line of defense”, but that “we will be involved.” In that line, he added: “We will give you good protection.”
This is the most decisive discourse that Trump ever said about the guarantees, which are generally considered of the utmost importance for any type of agreement with Russia. In relation to last Friday, he said that Putin had accepted security measures for Ukraine as part of any peace agreement.
At a press conference after Monday meetings, Zelenski said that part of the security guarantee would imply a weapons agreement for US $ 90,000 million (67,000 million pounds) between their nation and washington, including systems of Aviation, antimile systems “and other things that would not reveal,” said the Ukrainian.
Zelenski’s letter to the White House and the applause of European leaders
The last time Zelenski went through the White House, lived moments of tension after the vice president JD Vance He will point it out for an apparent lack of gratitude for US support to Ukraine.
On that occasion, the Ukrainian sought to forge more “family” ties during the meeting, giving his host a letter from the First Ukrainian lady, OLENA ZELENSKAfor the first American lady, Melania Trump. “It’s not for you, it’s for your wife,” he told Trump.
European leaders increased compliments towards Trump before their multilateral meeting, for their work to bring them closer. “I really want to thank you for their leadership,” said NATO Chief Mark Rutte.
The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni He said that although so far there had been signs that Russia would like to move towards peace, “Something had changed” thanks to Trump. Despite the warm tone, Europeans tried to convey that they also feel exposed to any future Russian aggression.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said seriously to his leading colleagues: “When we talk about security guarantees, we also talk about the security issue of the European continent.”
Source: Ambito
