US and Ukraine have not yet reached agreement on three key points of "peace plan," - CNN
During negotiations, Washington and Kyiv reached consensus on most issues of the new "peace plan," but at least three important points remain in dispute.
This was reported by CNN, citing a Ukrainian source familiar with the progress of the negotiations, according to Censor.NET.
What are the points of disagreement?
The first area concerns the US proposal to give Russia part of the Ukrainian territories that it has not captured. CNN's interlocutor says that no decision has yet been made on this issue.
"It would be very wrong to say we have now the version that is accepted by Ukraine," he added.
The CNN source also said that the disagreement concerns the proposal to limit the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to 600,000: a new number was proposed during the negotiations, but Kyiv wants further changes before agreeing.
In addition, the CNN source called the demand that Ukraine give up its aspirations to become a member of NATO unacceptable. Such a concession would set a "bad precedent" that would effectively give Russia a veto over NATO, "which it is not even a member of," the source said.
What preceded this?
- On Sunday, 23 November, negotiations between Ukrainian and US delegations began in Geneva on a peace plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
- Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian delegation had already held meetings with EU advisers in Geneva.
- Later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the first results of the negotiations taking place in Geneva with the participation of delegations from the US, Ukraine, the EU and the UK on the American plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
- NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov reported that the current version of the US peace plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine is in the final stages of approval and already reflects most of Ukraine's key priorities.
- Following the talks in Geneva on Sunday, 23 November, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Washington team would make "some changes" to the American peace plan.
- The new US peace plan to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian war has been reduced from 28 points to 19.
