American senators rip Trump’s Ukraine peace proposal at international security conference in Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — American senators panicked US peace offer to Ukraine At an international security conference on Saturday, someone called it one of the most serious geopolitical mistakes of his life.
28-item peace plan It was prepared by the administration of US President Donald Trump and the Kremlin without the participation of Ukraine. He agrees to this Russia has many demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has categorically rejected dozens of times, including giving up large swaths of territory.
“Do you think Xi Jinping is paying attention to this? Do you think Kim Jong Un is paying attention? I mean, this is one of the most serious geopolitical mistakes in my lifetime,” Independent Maine Senator Angus King said during a panel discussion at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada.
“It rewards aggression. This is pure and simple. There is no ethical, legal, moral or political justification for Russia to lay claim to eastern Ukraine.”
King, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, likened the proposal to the Munich Pact that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made with Adolf Hitler in 1938; This was a historic failed act of appeasement.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Senate Republican party leader Senator Mitch McConnell did not go far enough in his criticism on this issue. “If administration officials are more interested in appeasing Putin than making real peace, then the President should find new advisers,” McConnell said in a statement.
“Putin is a murderer, a rapist and an assassin. We shouldn’t do anything to make him feel like he’s won here. Honestly, I think what Mitch said falls short of what needs to be said,” Tillis said.
Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called it a “disgrace.”
“This is a Putin plan. This is written very clearly by Putin and Russia for what they want to see,” Shaheen said. he said. “Donald Trump claims to be a dealmaker, he claims to be very tough, but for the last 10 months he has allowed Vladimir Putin to play him. This is a travesty. This is a travesty for the American people and the Ukrainian people.”
Putin welcomed the proposal late Friday, saying it could “form the basis of an eventual peace agreement” if the United States can get Ukraine and its European allies to agree.
Zelenskyy did not reject the plan outright in his speech, but insisted on fair treatment while promising to “work calmly” with Washington and other partners during what he called “truly one of the most difficult moments in our history.”
Approximately 300 people gather each year at the Halifax International Security Forum, held at Halifax’s Westin hotel, in its 17th year. The forum attracts military officials, U.S. senators, diplomats and academics, but this year the Trump administration suspended participation by U.S. defense officials in think tank events, including the Halifax International Security Forum.
Several US senators made the trip this year, in part because of the strained relations between Canada and the US Trump. Alienated America’s neighbor with the trade war and Canada’s insistence that there should be 51st state of the USA. Many Canadians are now refusing to travel to the United States, creating drama in border states like Shaheen’s New Hampshire. Decline in tourism.
“There is real concern about this tension. That’s one reason why we have such a large delegation here,” Shaheen said. “I will continue to object to the president’s actions on tariffs and his comments because not only are they harmful to Canada and our relationship, I think they are also harmful globally. They show a lack of respect for sovereign nations.”
