Trump's adviser says Europe should take on Ukraine's security guarantees
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Sun, 09 Feb 2025 19:49:09 +0200
Mike Waltz, national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, has stated that Europe should take responsibility for Ukraines security guarantees after the war, while the United States should recover its military aid costs through partnerships on rare earth metals.
Source Waltz in an interview with NBC News, as reported by European Pravda Quote And I think an underlying principle here is that the Europeans have to own this conflict going forward.
President Trump is going to end it, and then, in terms of security guarantees, that will squarely going to be with the Europeans.
Details Waltz did not directly answer a question about a phone call between Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin but noted that next week, discussions on the RussoUkrainian war would be a key topic for US leadership in Europe.
Quote We will have our Secretary of State, our Secretary of Defense, our Vice President or Special Envoy in Europe this week talking through the details of how to end this war.
Details Waltz added that all parties need to be brought to the negotiating table.
Quote Russias economy is not doing well.
He Trump ed.
is prepared to tax, to tariff, to sanction We need to get all sides of the table to end this war.
And this has come up in conversations with President Xi, Prime Minister Modi, with leaders across the Middle East.
Everybody is ready to help President Trump in this war.
Lets get both sides of the table and negotiate. Details Waltz noted that Trumps team is prepared to put all these issues on the agenda next week.
Quote Including the future of US aid to Ukraine.
We need to recruit those costs and that will be a partenrship with the Ukrainians in terms of their rare earth, their natural resources and their oil and gasand also buying ours.
Background Trump said he had spoken by phone with Putin in an attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
On 5 February, Putins spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, acknowledged for the first time that there are contacts with the administration of US President Donald Trump.
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