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BRUSSELS The European Unions leading diplomat knocked United States President Donald Trumps administration for sidelining Ukraineand engaging with Russias Vladimir Putin without seeking advice from Kyiv or Europe.United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told allies in Brussels on Wednesday that Ukraines goals to sign up with NATO and recover its 1991 borders as part of a peace settlement were impractical.
He also said the United States would no longer endure European NATO members depending on Washington for security.The remarks, followed by a surprise call in between Trump and Putin in which the 2 agreed to enter peace talks, have actually stunned European authorities and raised issues that Kyiv may be sidelined in conversations about its own future.They [the United States ] say that its not going to be NATO subscription, but some other security warranties.
Then the concerns require to be responded to by everyone what are these security warranties, truly? stated Kaja Kallas, the EUs diplomacy chief, ahead of a NATO defense ministers meeting.Being in NATO, where we have these structures, is actually the best security warranty, she added.Kallas, a previous Estonian prime minister known for her staunch support of Ukraine, condemned what she referred to as a negligent diplomatic maneuver that rewards Russian hostility before settlements even begin.We shouldnt take anything off the table before settlements begin.
It plays into Russias hands.
And it is precisely what they want, she said.
Why are we giving them everything they want even before settlements begin? Appeasement has never ever worked.German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius echoed her concerns, alerting versus making public concessions ahead of talks.In my view, it would have been better to go over Ukraines possible NATO membership or the countrys possible loss of territory just at the negotiating table, not to rule it out in advance, Pistorius said in Brussels.Kallas stressed that any peace offer enforced without the authorization of Ukraine and European allies was doomed to fail.Theres an arrangement being made behind our backs that merely will not work, she stated.
For any sort of contract, you require Europeans to implement it, you need Ukrainians to implement it.
It does not look great if someone settles on something and everybody else has to say, OK, you have actually concurred, but we will not follow this.
Ukrainians will resist, and we will support them, Kallas added.NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte took a more diplomatic tone, arguing that the statements from Trump and Hegseth merely underscored the requirement for dialogue within the alliance.Secretary Hegseths comments, and what later emerged from Washington, were considerable declarations, Rutte stated.
At the very same time, this is how an alliance must function, he stated.
We are a union of democracies.
We require to dispute.
But I see a clear convergence: we all want peace, we desire it to be enduring and we should guarantee Ukraine remains in the greatest possible position.
At the same time, Rutte kept in mind that Europe should likewise step up defense costs and industrial production.
On that, there is clear agreement, he said.





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