Ukrainians and Americans have been talking to each other over the last two days in Berlin. Progress has been made on the issue of safety guarantees. However, question marks still remain regarding territorial transfers
It goes on Ukrainian diplomatic process. Volodymyr Zelensky met in Berlin with the American envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoffand with the son-in-law of Donald Trump, Jared Kushner.
The Ukrainian president reported that the talks with the US delegation were not easy, but he nevertheless called them “productive”. “These conversations are never easy, I’ll be honest. But it was a productive conversation, full of details, so many,” he said. “Over the last two days, the negotiations between Ukraine and the United States have been constructive and productive, with concrete progress,” said the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov.
Meanwhile, a US official told Reuters there would be relevant facts progress in the negotiations with Kiev, in reference to the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine. According to the official, 90% of the existing problems between Americans and Ukrainians have also been resolved. The same source later stated that Moscow would be open to Kiev’s possible membership of the European Union.
“US negotiators told Ukraine at peace talks in Berlin that it must agree to withdraw its forces from the eastern Donetsk region as part of any deal to end the nearly four-year war,” Reuters also reported. “A U.S. official told reporters later Monday that, under the deal being discussed in Berlin, Ukraine will receive security guarantees similar to those provided for in Article 5 of the NATO treatywhich requires the alliance to intervene in defense of any member under attack,” the British news agency continued.
“There are very difficult issues, especially when it comes to territorial issues,” he said Zelenskyand then add: “It is very important that we all work on this, so that these issues are resolved fairly.” Let us remember that, at least so far, territorial transfers have represented the main crux of the negotiations between Washington and Kiev. All this, while, in recent days, the Ukrainian president has hinted that, in exchange for American security guarantees, he could renounce Ukraine’s membership of the Atlantic Alliance. “This issue is one of the cornerstones for us and requires special discussion,” the Kremlin spokesman said, for his part. Dmitry Peskovreferring to the veto on Ukraine’s entry into NATO.
