U.S.
envoy Keith Kellogg on Monday stated that he would not inform Ukraine to accept whatever offer is negotiated by President Donald Trump to end Russias war, ahead of a visit to Kyiv.Kellogg is set to show up in Ukraine on Wednesday for 3 days of talks that will include a conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky.His check out to Kyiv will follow leading U.S.
authorities satisfy Russian arbitrators in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first time since Trump blindsided allies by accepting introduce peace efforts with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.Kellogg stated U.S.
authorities were engaged in parallel efforts to bring Moscow and Kyiv to the negotiating table with him spearheading the outreach to Ukraine.Trumps envoy firmly insisted that it would eventually be up to Zelensky to decide if Ukraine accepts any offer that the U.S.
leader brokers.
The choice by Ukrainians is a Ukrainian decision, Kellogg informed reporters after talks with U.S.
allies at NATO head office in Brussels.
Zelensky is the chosen leader of a sovereign nation and those choices are his and no one will enforce those on a chosen leader of a sovereign country, Kellogg said.He firmly insisted that his job was to help with a deal that would guarantee that there are strong security warranties that Ukraine is a sovereign nation.
European leaders on Monday satisfied in Paris to try to come up with a method as fears swirl that they will be left on the sidelines of any talks.Kellogg repeated earlier suggestions that Europeans would not directly get involved, but insisted they would have an input.
I dont think its reasonable or practical to have everyone sitting at the table, he said.Kellogg stated that whatever stays on the table in the settlements after U.S.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poured cold water on Ukraines objectives of signing up with NATO or regaining all its territory.He did not rule out that wider problems of European and worldwide security would be raised in negotiations between Washington and Moscow.
I think what is brought into those conversations are unknowns, he stated.
I would not be shocked if global issues are raised, he included, pointing to prospective efforts to break up Russias ties with Iran, North Korea and China.The U.S.
envoy said that after nearly 3 years of all-out war he thought that both Russia and Ukraine were ready to call a stop as neither can score a decisive victory on the battleground.
You get the sensation today that both sides type of want to tap out, he said.
When you think of it, this is truly unsustainable.