Leaders from six countries of the European Union Together with the president of her commission, Ursula von der Leyen, issued a release set in which they underline that peace in Ukraine It cannot be determined without the participation of that nation.
The text signed by Von der Leyen with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Finland, aims to set positions before the meeting that on August 15 in Alask Vladimir Putinto address a possible agreement that ends with the War in Ukraine.
The leaders from six European countries and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, issue a joint statement in which they warn that “the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine.”https://t.co/h5if9wc53m
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“Ukraine has the freedom to choose their own destiny. Fruitial conversations can only take place in a context high to fire or hostilities. The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine,” reads the document, according to a dispatch of the EFE agency.
“We are committed to the principle that international borders should not be changed to force and the current contact line should be the initial point of the negotiations,” add the signatories of the statement.
In turn, they highlighted their satisfaction with the actions promoted by Trump to try to stop the “massacre” in Ukraine, end the “war of aggression” of Russia and achieve a “just and lasting peace and security.”
However, they were convinced that “only an approach that combines active diplomacy, support for Ukraine and pressure to the Russian Federation to finish their illegal war can succeed.”
Everything seems to indicate that the main European leaders fear that for the concretion of a high to the Ukraine fire he is forced to give territories, as Trump suggested recently.
This possibility was again rejected by Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, insisting that he will not yield parts to Russia, in addition to ensuring that any decision that is taken without taking into account kyiv, “are born dead.”
The foreign ministers of the European Union They will meet this Monday In an extraordinary council to address this issue, in line with the criteria of the head of the diplomacy of the block, Kaja Kallas, in the sense that any agreement between Washington and Moscow to end the war must include Ukraine and Europe.
Putin calls his allies
Waiting for the publicized meeting in Alaska with his American counterpart to address a possible end of hostilities in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has contacted several of his allies to inform them about the plans for the scheduled summit for August 15.
According to EFE, which reviews the information that has transcended from the Kremlin, Putin has talked telephone with the leaders of the main countries of the BRICS Group, which he created with China, India, Brazil and South Africa.
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The Russian leader already exchanged with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, whose country Trump imposed a 50 % tariff for importing Russian oil.
According to the medium, Modi would have advocated the end of the war as soon as possible, although kyiv recently accused his country of providing Moscow with components for assault drones.
The exchanges also occurred with the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who expressed his support for peace efforts and was willing to contribute to that process.
The process joined the Belarusian leader Alexandr Lukashenko, and the presidents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tayikistan, whom Putin reported on the main results of the consultations he maintained this week, when He received the Emisario from the White HouseSteve Witkoff, to agree on the match in Alaska.
It is expected that in that meeting Russia will keep its demand to end the war, and that they go through the international recognition of the annexation of the territory occupied in Ukraine, the neutrality guarantees of that country, the cessation of foreign military aid to kyiv and elections to replace the president, Volodimir Zelenski.
