Almost all of NATO’s foreign ministers convened in Brussels on Wednesday, a day after unsatisfactory Ukraine peace negotiations between the United States and President Vladimir Putin, and as European officials battled for a seat at the bargaining table.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte stated that despite the absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which is believed to be the first time in 22 years that America’s top diplomat has not attended a ministerial gathering of this nature, he is still “very much involved” in the process. Rutte later told journalists that President Donald Trump’s actions were critical to concluding the war.
However, some European states have expressed deep concern over being seemingly marginalized in negotiations. For any plan to work, Ukrainians and Europeans must be on board,” the EU’s chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, told reporters last month. Lithuania’s national security adviser, Kęstutis Budrys, stated to journalists in Brussels last month that Europe’s security “must not be addressed without Europe. Russia aimed to “push Americans out of Europe and review the security architecture” on the continent, he said.
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