Trump: I sympathize with Russia’s position of rejecting Ukraine’s joining NATO
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening that he sympathizes with Russia’s position of rejecting Ukraine’s entry into NATO and expressed his regret that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration.
Speaking during a press conference at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump held outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden responsible for changing the American position on Ukraine’s accession to NATO. The Atlantic.
Trump said, “A big part of the problem is that Russia, for many years and long before Putin, said ‘NATO cannot intervene in Ukraine.’” ;… The matter has become engraved in stone.
He added, “At some point Biden said, ‘No. “They should be able to join NATO.” Well, Russia now has an entity standing on its doorstep, and I can understand its feelings about this.
NATO members have officially expressed their support for Ukraine’s accession since the Bucharest summit in 1997. 2008, and the Biden administration continues to support Ukraine’s eventual accession to NATO, but Ukraine has not yet received any official invitation to join the bloc. Military.
It is noteworthy that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had confirmed during the last week of last December that Russia was “ready to consult with the Trump administration regarding Ukraine.”< /p>
Speaking at a press conference with representatives of Russian and foreign media, Lavrov said that Moscow hopes that the White House will understand the root causes of the conflict, stressing that Moscow «Always ready for consultations».
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