2/25/22, “Ukraine and Russia Officials Negotiating a Meeting – Biden Administration Tells Zelenskyy to Stop, Only U.S. Permitted to Negotiate With Russia,” sundance
“Amid an intense conflict continuing, the government of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin are in negotiations for a meeting. However, the U.S. State Department does not want Zelenskyy and Putin to negotiate an end to hostilities.
Reuters-“Ukraine and Russia are discussing a place and time for talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s spokesman said on social media on Friday. “Ukraine was and remains ready to talk about a ceasefire and peace,” spokesman Sergii Nykyforov added.” (link)…“Ukraine and Russia are discussing place and time for talks -Zelenskiy’s spokesman,” Reuters, 2/25/22
Unfortunately for Zelenskyy, an end to the fighting would be against the interests of the Biden administration. Highlighting the point, the U.S. State Department does not want Zelenskyy and Putin to meet. The Biden administration conveys a very telling message, from their perspective, saying only the United States is permitted to negotiate with Russia on behalf of Ukraine. Zelenskyy needs to stay out of it.
“Russia’s offer for talks with Ukraine is an attempt to conduct diplomacy “at the barrel of a gun”, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday (Feb 25), saying Russia must stop its bombing in Ukraine if it is serious about diplomacy.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier on Friday that Russia was ready to send a delegation to the Belarusian capital Minsk for talks.
Russia had attempted to engage in “a pretense of diplomacy” even as it prepared to invade Ukraine this week, Price told reporters at a news briefing. “Now we see Moscow suggesting that diplomacy take place at the barrel of a gun, or as Moscow’s rockets, mortars, artillery target the Ukrainian people,” he said. “This is not real diplomacy. Those are not the conditions for real diplomacy.”
[…] Responding to reports that the US government had ordered officials to stop most contacts with Russia, Price said the invasion of Ukraine had “fundamentally changed” Moscow’s relationship with Washington and other nations. But US officials would continue to engage with their Russian counterparts on important national security issues, including the talks to return to a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, he said.”… (read more)…ChannelNewsAsia.com
The arrogance and controlling attitude by the U.S. State Dept
tells us all we really need to know.
The Biden administration has created this crisis between Russia and Ukraine for a convenient purpose, and the White House is not about to let Zelenskyy screw it up and create peace.
The U.S. wants President Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine, so the State Department can take full control over the narrative. Zelenskyy is refusing to leave.
”Listen you little shit, we’ve put a lot of time, money and effort into creating this mess – and I’ll be damned if you and your little scruffy band of tin soldiers are going to be allowed to act as if this is your war to negotiate.”…
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Added: Ukraine willing to discuss neutrality pledge with Russia:
2/25/22, “Kremlin notes Kyiv’s willingness to talk, won’t comment on possible contacts,” channelnewsasia.com, Moscow
“The Kremlin on Friday (Feb 25) noted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s willingness to discuss a possible neutrality pledge by Ukraine, but said it could not say anything about possible talks between the two countries’ leaders.
“This is a new statement. We have taken note of it. It looks like a positive development,“ he said, referring to comments made by Zelenskiy in the early hours of Thursday.
Peskov said he could not comment on whether talks would take place between Putin and Zelenskyy.
Saying
that Moscow would analyse Zelenskyy’s offer, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov added that Moscow’s expectations of Kyiv remained unchanged.
Moscow has long demanded guarantees that Ukraine would never join NATO
or allow the bloc to deploy troops and weapons on its territory.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, with heavy fighting reported in Ukraine’s northern, eastern and southern regions and Russian forces taking positions close to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.”
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