70% of information about Trump’s "peace plan" is unfounded, - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Budrys
Most reports about Donald Trump's peace plan are unfounded.
This was stated by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys, Censor.NET reports citing the EP.
According to him, "about 70 per cent of the information in the open access about the alleged fragments or intentions of the plan on both sides is unfounded".
"There is testing, ... attempts to test this or that idea, etc.", Budrys said.
Last week, the Minister and his Baltic counterparts visited the United States.
During the visit, the Baltics advised their American partners to "keep everything on the table" during the negotiations.
"We are talking about (Ukraine's - Ed.) membership in NATO, we are putting NATO membership on the table, and this is something we have always said that we need to do. Not only because it is the easiest, most direct way to secure Ukraine, but also because by rejecting the idea, you weaken any negotiating position," he said.
Budrys noted that he had the impression that "the US administration will not be the one to come out with a plan and say: "Here, read the plan, and now we're going to negotiate with this plan."
"Negotiations don't work like that, you have to keep your cards close to your chest, your negotiating positions have to be clearly articulated," he explained.
An important factor, according to Budrys, is that Russia has not yet demonstrated its willingness to negotiate.
"There are certain signals that the sanctions package could be significantly expanded and that military support for Ukraine could be unprecedented if no agreement is reached, (these signals - Ed.) are real. We will see what levers they will choose," the Lithuanian minister concluded.
