The EU rejects the US "presumed peace plan"
After the exposure of the US plan, the European Union firmly reiterated its bottom line. Keywords: No surrender to Russia!
On Thursday, November 20, EU foreign ministers in Brussels sent a clear message: "There can be no peace without Ukraine's participation; Europe must be involved in the negotiations."
The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kallas, warned: "We Europeans have always supported a lasting and fair peace, and we welcome all efforts made towards this end, but for a peace plan to work, it must receive the consent and participation of both Ukrainians and Europeans." Kallas also pointed out, "The European peace plan includes two points: first, to weaken Russia; second, to support Ukraine." "If Russia really wants peace, it should have accepted the proposal for an unconditional ceasefire as early as March. The brutal reality is that 26 Ukrainian civilians died in Russian attacks yesterday."
The American proposal, which involves ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia and halving the Ukrainian army, has been widely criticized.
French Foreign Minister Baro sharply stated: "Peace can never be surrender. It is unimaginable that Ukrainians have bravely resisted Russia's unbridled aggression for three years, and they will never accept any form of surrender."
German Foreign Minister Wadepohl believes "the first condition for peace is for Putin to end the invasion of Ukraine, achieve a ceasefire without any preconditions, and then we can jointly conduct fair negotiations."
Italian Foreign Ministry official Tajani insisted that Europeans cannot abandon Ukraine, as it represents "Europe's security barrier: if Ukraine falls, the risk to Europe increases, which we absolutely cannot accept or allow."
Source: rfi
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