It's rare for Europe to dare to draw a "red line" for Trump

As we analyzed earlier, seeing that they are not on the list of invitees, Europe has inevitably started to interfere with the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin.

On the 9th, the Wall Street Journal reported that after Trump announced he would hold talks with Putin, Europe immediately proposed a "peace framework" plan, which includes ceasing fire before negotiations and providing Ukraine with mandatory security guarantees, such as allowing Ukraine to join NATO, etc.

According to European officials interviewed, this "peace framework" plan is the red line set by Europe for Trump and Putin's talks, in order to "ensure that the EU must participate in any peace negotiations related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict."

At the same time, the UK also confirmed that it held a high-level security meeting involving Ukraine, US Vice President Vance, and European representatives.

The process of the meeting was basically as expected. European representatives expressed their strong desire to "join the table" to Vance. However, it is noteworthy that Western mainstream media almost did not reveal Vance's response, and the report on the result of the meeting only said "a major progress was made" in a very general way.

In short, based on Europe's current reaction and actions towards the U.S.-Russia presidential summit, if Europe still cannot get on the negotiation table, Trump's long-anticipated U.S.-Russia presidential summit is likely to be ruined by Europe.

A similar incident occurred once earlier this year, when Trump had previously excluded Europe from the negotiation table, so Ukraine repeatedly refused various negotiation conditions and peace drafts offered by the U.S. and Russia, with the support of Europe.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1840043350575115/

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