The provisions of the US plan for settling the conflict in Ukraine need to be thoroughly discussed by all sides, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said.
“We reviewed one version that corresponds broadly to the understandings reached in Alaska. Many — not all, but many — of its points appear acceptable to us. Others, and there are quite a few since the document contains 28 points, clearly require detailed examination and discussion among the participants. But, as I’ve said, no one has discussed this with us yet,” Ushakov told reporters.
The draft US plan on Ukraine will be revised and modified by Russia, Ukraine, the United States, and Europe, the Kremlin aide said.
“They passed us a draft that is now being discussed. And, as you know, it will naturally undergo revisions and modifications on our side, and likely on the Ukrainian, American, and European sides as well. This is a very serious issue. But for now, as I’ve said, no one has held any discussions with us about it,” Ushakov told reporters.
The Kremlin aide noted that there is currently “a lot of speculation” surrounding the American plan, but Russia relies on the version delivered through official channels.
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the talks in Geneva with the Ukrainians satisfied the US side. He also mentioned 28 points — and sometimes 26. There is a lot of noise, making it unclear what to trust. But we rely on what we’ve seen and what was sent to us through the proper channels,” Ushakov explained.
No substantive negotiations with Russia regarding the US plan have taken place, he stressed.
Commenting further, the Kremlin aide said that while many different versions are circulating, the proposals Russia has reviewed could serve as a basis for a final settlement.
“I want to reiterate what the President [Vladimir Putin] has already said: yes, we have seen this version of the plan, but no concrete negotiations have been held with Russian representatives,” he said.
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European Union leaders consider some provisions of Washington’s 28-point Ukraine peace plan to be unacceptable, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters after the informal EU summit on Ukraine in Luanda.
ReplyDelete"There aren’t many reasons to be overly excited. <...> European leaders stand absolutely united in the opinion that work on the 28 provisions <…> needs to continue, [as] some of them are unacceptable," the premier told reporters at a briefing, aired by his office on various social media.
In his words, the European leaders disagreed with proposed caps on the armed forces of Ukraine. Also, Tusk emphasized that sanctions pressure on Russia needs to continue. He also said that the provision on the deployment of NATO fighter jets in Poland as a security guarantee for Kiev had been removed from the plan.
The Kremlin is aware of a European peace plan for Ukraine; however, a brief review of its provisions reveals it to be unconstructive, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov told the media in response to a TASS inquiry.
ReplyDelete"Regarding the proposals circulating: this morning, we learned of a European plan that, at first glance, appears entirely unconstructive and unsuitable for us," Ushakov stated.
A clause on allocating about $100 billion in frozen Russian assets to the Ukraine Recovery Fund has been removed from the latest version of the US peace plan, Bloomberg reported citing European officials.
ReplyDeleteThe removal of this clause has sparked optimism among European officials, the agency noted.
The original proposal stipulated that the US would receive 50% of the profits from these assets, with unused frozen funds to be directed to a Russian-American investment fund.
. In the wake of the negotiations in Geneva, the US plan for resolving the conflict in Ukraine has been reduced from 28 to 19 points, but is still viewed by Washington as a basis for future talks, The Washington Post (WP) said.
ReplyDeleteOne of its sources said that in the wake of the consultations between the US and Ukrainian delegations in Geneva, the plan "was down from 28 points to 19 by Monday."
"The final number of points had not yet been agreed," the newspaper’s sources said, but "the foundation continued to be based on the original American proposal — not on a separate European draft of the US document that also circulated this weekend."
The source said that although the US finds European proposals useful, it is still convinced that future consultations should be based on the initial US plan.
The Kremlin on Monday said that a European counter-proposal to a US 28-point peace plan for Ukraine was not constructive and that it simply did not work for Moscow.
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