“US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday, but the proposal offers few details and has left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a big agreement…It’s going to involve more than Ukraine, and I could even”, — write on: www.cnn.com
US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday, but the proposal offers few details and has left European capitals puzzled.
“It’s going to be a big agreement…It’s going to involve more than Ukraine, and I could even say it might involve all of Europe. It’s going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone’s going to be thrilled,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, without going into any details.
The president, who has promised to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine on multiple occasions in the past, made the comments after meeting with Kirill Dmitriev, the sanctioned CEO of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund who serves as an envoy for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner also on Thursday posted a statement on X, arguing that “a broader European security architecture” was needed to “address the security concerns of all sides, reduce the risk of future conflict, and create a more stable and predictable security environment.”
“For more than 30 years, Europe and Russia have struggled to establish a sustainable security framework. Decades of mistrust, competing security concerns, and the devastating consequences of this war make this an extraordinarily difficult challenge, but one that is essential to lasting peace,” Kushner said in the statement.
Kushner made no mention that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine, nor the spate of hybrid attacks Europe blames on Russia.
Kushner also argued for “greater military transparency, (and) reciprocal measures to reduce escalation risks” between Russia and Europe — a remark that might cause alarm in some parts of Europe given Moscow’s long-standing position that NATO’s presence in eastern Europe is in itself an escalation.
He added the US held recent talks with Ukraine, NATO, and other European partners, and said Trump “advanced” a discussion about security with European leaders.
However, several European officials with knowledge of the conflict told CNN they did not know what Trump was referring to.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he didn’t know many details of the potential new security framework floated by Trump but warned a deal between Russia and Europe would not be simple and could potentially be dangerous.
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday, Zelensky said that he had become aware of a potential new security framework following a phone call on Thursday with Kushner and US special envoy Steve Witkoff to prepare for US-led talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi next week.
“For me, it’s not simple and it can be dangerous,” Zelensky said, adding that discussions to end the war in Ukraine must come first, and security guarantees second.