Açiq mənbələrdən foto.
Washington D.C./08.11.23/Turan: The State Department on Wednesday denied reports about Washington's pressuring Ukraine to negotiate with Russia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
"We are not aware of any conversations with Ukraine about negotiations outside of the peace formula structure that you’ve already seen a number of engagements take place on," Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told TURAN's correspondent during a daily briefing.
He went on to add, "Any negotiations... are up to Ukraine. And as we have said a number of times before, nothing should happen about Ukraine without Ukraine"
Patel concluded: "But it continues to be incredibly clear... that the Kremlin has no interest in negotiating or ending this war, and we are committed to supporting our Ukrainian partners."
Earlier, the U.S. media reported that officials from both Washington and Brussels had allegedly begun discussions with Ukraine on the possibility of peace talks with Russia.
The move came as Western support for Ukraine has notably wavered in recent weeks, due to other wars and ongoing partisan battles over aid funding in the U.S. Congress.
However, State Department's spokesperson Matthew Miller last week told TURAN's corresponden that the U.S.has 'not lost focus in any sense' on the need to support Ukraine.
On Wednesday, four top Biden administration officials, including Secretary Antony Blinken sent a letter to the Congress urging lawmakers to provide $11.8 billion in direct budget support to Kyiv to help pay its day-to-day bills.
"Russia started the war in Ukraine and could end it at any time by withdrawing its forces and stopping its brutal attacks," Blinken tweeted Wednesday night.
The Secretary added: "Until it does, the United States has a clear way forward: Help Ukraine defend itself. Support the Ukrainian people. Hold Russia accountable."
Alex Raufoglu
Politics
-
Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
-
He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
-
On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
-
On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
Leave a review