EU sẽ không ngồi yên trước kế hoạch hòa bình vắng mặt Ukraine và châu Âu, Mỹ tiếp tục nỗ lực chấm dứt xung đột

On November 20, the European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, declared that Kiev and Europe must be involved in any peace plans for Ukraine.

EU Senior Foreign Policy Representative Kaja Kallas. (Source: Bloomberg)

Kallas told reporters in Brussels: "For any plan to be effective, it requires the participation of Ukraine and Europe. So far, we have not heard any concessions from Russia." According to the EU official, there has been no intervention from Ukraine or European countries supporting it, and she emphasized: "We welcome any meaningful efforts to end the conflict, but these efforts must be fair and long-term. If Russia truly wanted peace, they could have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire by now." Sharing the same view, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stated that Europe welcomes peace efforts for Ukraine but expects to be consulted on these plans, while emphasizing that Ukraine should not be restricted in its ability to defend itself.

The statement was made in the context of the U.S. promoting a new proposal that seems to repeat Russia's demands. On November 19, Politico reported that a framework agreement on Ukraine could be reached among the parties by the end of November, possibly even this week. Meanwhile, Axios, citing sources from both Russia and the U.S., reported that Washington had conducted 'secret consultations' with Moscow to develop a new plan for the conflict resolution process. On the same day, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as saying that Washington is continuing to develop a list of potential ideas to end the conflict in Ukraine. Rubio wrote on X: 'Ending a complex and bloody conflict like the one in Ukraine requires extensive exchanges of serious and practical ideas. To achieve lasting peace, both sides will have to make difficult but necessary concessions.'

According to him, that is the reason the U.S. "is building and will continue to build a list of potential ideas to end this war based on contributions from both sides of the conflict.”

Previously, Russia and Ukraine held three rounds of direct negotiations in Istanbul, which led to prisoner exchanges, with both sides exchanging draft memorandums on conflict resolution.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has repeatedly affirmed that Moscow is ready to discuss the political aspects of an agreement with Ukraine in any form, although Kiev has yet to respond to the proposal to establish three working groups on humanitarian, military, and political issues, put forward during the third round of negotiations in Istanbul in July.
Lavrov also stated that President Volodymyr Zelensky had rejected President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to Moscow for negotiations.

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