Donald Trump reiterates his will to “put an end to the horrible war” in Ukraine. “I’d like to meet Putin soon,” said the president USA intervening by videoconference to World Economic Forum by Davos, ensuring that “Ukraine is ready for an agreement”.
The position of Russia: availability for dialogue
In the declarations of good intentions the Russia He doesn’t pull back. «We are ready for an equal and mutually respectful dialogue with the USAlike the one that took place during the first Trump presidency, “he assured the spokesman Dmitry Peskov. However, nothing is known about the concrete proposals.
The phone call between Trump and Vladimir Putinevoked several times by USA And Russia, it is still waiting for. “We wait for signals, which have not yet been received,” said Peskov. He then avoided commenting on the intention announced by Trump to put pressure on the Russia With penalties and duties to induce her to end the conflict. “Here we do not see any particular news,” said the spokesperson. «You know that Trump, in his first term, was the president USA which has resorted more frequently to the penalties. He likes these methods, at least he liked during the first term ».
The reaction of NATO and the analysis of the Kremlin
Who has said “very, very happy with Trump’s position to impose multiple penalties for Russia” was the secretary general of the BORNMark Rutte. However, the latest warnings seem part of a tactic in view of possible negotiations. “We are following all this rhetoric closely, every statement, and we record all the nuances,” said Peskov.
In Trump’s statements, moreover, there are expressions of esteem for Moscow. “The USA they must never forget that the Russia He helped them win the ** Second World War, “he said. For his part, Peskov has assured that not even Moscow “will never forget the help received by Washington in the war against Nazi -fascism” and hoped that Trump “will share the joy of celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory” with the Russia. This could be an implicit proposal for a summit on the occasion of the anniversary, scheduled for May.
Ukraine and security guarantees
On the Ukrainian side, Zelensky’s declaration is relevant, who has actually spoke of the possibility of starting negotiations, underlining that everything depends on the security guarantees that the USA they are ready to offer a Kiev. “If Trump can guarantee strong and irreversible security for Ukraine, we will move on this diplomatic path,” said Ukrainian President during an interview a Bloomberg On the edge of the Davos forum. Today, Russian agencies have given considerable prominence to these words.
Zelensky has also admitted that the security guarantees requested are not necessarily linked to an entry into the BORN. He explained that Joe Biden’s American administration and Germany also opposed this possibility. However, he spoke of a future deployment of forces of peacekeeping that “cannot be without the United States». For the Russiahowever, this condition is “absolutely unacceptable”, said Maria Zakharova, spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. «Any intervention of forces BORN In Ukraine he risks aggravating the conflict until he went out of control ».
Trump: “The EU treats us badly, I will do something to balance”
Europe deals with “very bad, very unjustly”, complained of Trump talking about the “hundreds of billions of dollars” of commercial deficit that the United States have towards the EU. “We will do something in this regard,” he specified, still reiterating that he “loves” Europe even if “it is very bad for us between VAT and the other taxes that imposes on us”. So the president pointed the finger at the European rules for the hi tech giants, from which Europe wants billions of dollars. “These are American companies, whether like or not,” he added.