- According to 'The Washington Post', this strategy seeks to ensure that Kyiv maintains the support of other nations.
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| Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky at a press conference in Kyiv. |
US privately asks Ukraine to open negotiations with Russia
The administration of US President Joe Biden is privately calling on Ukraine to be publicly open to negotiating with Russia and drop its refusal to engage in dialogue unless Russian President Vladimir Putin steps down, reports The Washington Post.
That request from Washington does not seek to force Ukraine to sit down to negotiate, according to the newspaper, which cites sources familiar with the internal discussions.
Instead of being a form of pressure on Ukraine, this strategy seeks to ensure that the Ukrainian government maintains the support it needs from other nations, which are suffering the consequences of the war with skyrocketing inflation and energy prices, the newspaper reported.
"Fatigue over Ukraine is a reality for some of our partners," a US official told the media on condition of anonymity.
However, the US government has also conveyed to Kyiv its conviction that none of the Russian offers to negotiate to have any credibility, given their exaggerated demands, which practically amount to unconditional surrender and the implicit recognition of Russian sovereignty over Ukrainian territories. that has been incorporated.
In fact, at the end of September, after the Russian annexations, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, declared it "impossible" to negotiate with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. "We will negotiate with the new president," he said in a speech.
Likewise, US officials consulted by the newspaper do not rule out the possibility that Zelenski will support a reopening of the negotiations once winter arrives when low temperatures make combat practically impossible and a window for diplomacy opens.
Asked by the Efe agency, a White House spokeswoman refused to comment on the information published by The Washington Post.
This Friday, the National Security Adviser of the White House, Jake Sullivan, visiting Kyiv, affirmed that all the G7 countries (the United States, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom) "want peace", as extracted from their latest joint statement.
"From our perspective, the conversation that we need to have within the international community and in support of Ukraine is what are the terms for a lasting and just peace," Sullivan told reporters.
Sullivan, however, reiterated that the United States will not accept that Russia keeps the territory that it has taken from Ukraine by force or through referendums that have been questioned by the international community.
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