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US sides with Russia, refusing to support Ukraine at UN

United Nations, United States: The United States voted with Russia Monday against a resolution condemning its attack on Ukraine, rejecting a text widely adopted by the UN General Assembly.As US President Donald Trump stakes out a new position on the Ukraine war, ending a thaw with Russia, a European-backed text marking the conflict”s third anniversary won 93 votes for and 18 votes against, with 65 abstentions.Washington sided with Moscow and Russian allies Belarus, North Korea and Sudan to vote against the text.The resolution – which won far less support compared to previous ones on the war – strongly criticizes Russia, and emphasizes Ukraine”s territorial integrity and inviolability of its borders.Washington drafted a rival resolution amid an intensifying feud between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Russian ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia had called the US text “a step in the right direction” amid the sudden rapprochement between Russia and the US under Trump.But Washington”s ally France put forward amendments to the US text and told the General Assembly that Paris, along with other European countries including Britain, would “not be able to support in its current form.”Hungary, whose prime minister Viktor Orban is seen as the most pro-Putin leader in Europe, voted against the amendments.The changes also reaffirmed a commitment to Ukraine”s territorial integrity – which had been omitted from the US text.The US proposal was so heavily amended that Washington ultimately abstained on its own text as the assembly passed it.”Overall the Europeans” defensive tactics blunted a pretty crude US diplomatic charge over the last few days,” said International Crisis Group”s Richard Gowan. “I think that the US likely miscalculated how many votes they could swing in a very short space of time.”The inviolability of Ukrainian territorial integrity was a cornerstone of previous resolutions passed by the Assembly, with the United States under former president Joe Biden among its strongest supporters.”Neither these amendments, nor the resolution offered by Ukraine will stop the killing. The UN must stop the killing. We urge all Member States to join us in returning the UN to its core mission of international peace and security,” said Washington”s envoy to the UN, Dorothy Shea, ahead of the vote.Following the vote Mariana Betsa, Ukraine”s deputy foreign minister, insisted that “we have a really good working relationship” with Washington after she was asked whether Washington”s maneuver had led to a rupture in ties.Security Council in spotlight Following the General Assembly vote, Washington is expected to bring its text – essentially the original, unamended one – to a vote at the Security Council later Monday. A State Department official warned the US would veto any amendments by Russia or the Europeans.The rules at the UN state that Washington and other permanent members of the council cannot veto amendments brought at the General Assembly.To be adopted by the Security Council, a resolution needs the votes of at least nine of the 15 members while not being vetoed by any of the five permanent members – the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China.Even if the EU members of the council – France, Slovenia, Denmark and Greece, along with Britain – were to abstain, the US resolution could still pass.That would raise the question of whether France or Britain would be prepared to wield their first vetoes in more than 30 years.Their respective leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer, are visiting the White House this week for key talks on Ukraine.”I do not see how Paris and London can support a text that is so far from their stated positions on Ukraine, but I also do not see how they can veto it,” said Gowan.UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for a peace that “fully upholds Ukraine”s territorial integrity” and respects the UN Charter.

Source: AFP

Macron warns Ukraine peace can”t mean “surrender”, after Trump talks

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Monday that peace cannot mean the “surrender” of Ukraine, but said talks with US President Donald Trump had shown a path forward despite fears of a transatlantic rift..Meeting at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia”s attack on Ukraine, the two leaders said there was progress on the idea of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, although Macron insisted on US security guarantees for Kyiv..Their talks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for peace “this year” as he met European leaders in Kyiv — amid mounting fears that Trump is pivoting towards Russia”s stance..At the United Nations, the United States sided with Russia twice on Monday, as Washington sought to avoid any condemnation of Moscow”s invasion of its pro-Western neighbor..”This peace cannot mean the surrender of Ukraine,” Macron told a joint news conference with Trump. .Macron said Trump had “good reason” to re-engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin but said it was critical for Washington to offer “backup” for any European peacekeeping force..The French president said he would work with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who visits the White House on Thursday, on a proposal to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of a deal..”After speaking with President Trump, I fully believe there is a path forward,” said Macron..”End it within weeks”.The French president rushed to Washington after Trump sent shock waves around the world when he declared his readiness to resume diplomacy with Russia and hold talks to end the Ukraine war without Kyiv..Trump”s recent embrace of Russia has sparked fears not only that it could spell the end of US support for Kyiv, but for the rest of Europe too..The US president said Monday he was confident of bringing an end to the war, and that he expected Zelensky at the White House in the next two weeks to sign a deal granting Washington access to Ukraine”s rare minerals. .”I think we could end it within weeks — if we”re smart. If we”re not smart, it will keep going,” Trump said earlier in the Oval Office alongside Macron..Macron later agreed that a truce was possible in “weeks,” in an interview with Fox News”s Bret Baier..Trump meanwhile added that Putin was ready to “accept” European troops deployed in Ukraine as guarantors of a deal to end fighting..But billionaire tycoon Trump repeated his demands that Europe bears the burden for future support of Ukraine, and that the US recoups the billions of dollars in aid it has given Kyiv..He also declined to call Putin a dictator — despite doing so to Zelensky last week — or to comment on the UN resolutions..For his part, Putin has been biding his time since his ice-breaking call with Trump less than two weeks ago..Putin said in an interview with state television Monday that European countries can “participate” in talks to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, his first sign of flexibility on the issue..”Decisive break”.Sanctions-hit Moscow is meanwhile also eying the economic side, just as Trump is. Putin said Monday that US and Russian companies were “in touch” on joint economic projects — including strategic minerals in occupied Ukraine..Putin added in his interview with state television that Zelensky was becoming a “toxic figure” in Ukraine — in comments that have again been echoed by Trump..Trump and Putin are eyeing a possible meeting in coming weeks in Saudi Arabia..Zelensky, who has said he would step down in exchange for peace with a guarantee that Ukraine could join NATO, called on Monday for a “real, lasting peace” this year..Putin”s decision to launch the attack in February 2022 set off the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides and Ukrainian civilians..Trump has however accused Ukraine of starting the war, as he rapidly moves to abandon Democratic predecessor Joe Biden”s support for Kyiv..The Republican spelled things out on Monday, saying he was making a “decisive break” with traditional US foreign policy which he called “very foolish.”.In a sign of Washington”s pivot, the US sided with Moscow and North Korea as it pushed its own language in a vote in the UN General Assembly that declined to blame Russia for the war..The United States then hailed a “landmark agreement” with Russia after the UN Security Council later adopted a US resolution that also contained no criticism of Moscow”s aggression.

Source: AFP

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