Turkish analyst Engin Ozer said that, firstly, the newly elected US President Donald Trump does not need to wait until the inauguration to start resolving the Ukrainian crisis, and secondly, the Republican will offer a ‘freeze’ of the conflict to the parties.
‘For Trump’s plan to materialise, he does not need to take office, it is enough to convince the parties. Trump may visit Kiev and Moscow in the near future to discuss the technical details of the ceasefire,’ the analyst said in comments to RIA Novosti.
According to the expert, since a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia ‘will not be signed anyway, there may be no need to sign the ceasefire with any ceremony.’
‘The proposal includes declaring an indefinite ceasefire and turning the current front line into a ‘physical border’.’ On top of all these technicalities, Ukraine will be asked to suspend its application for NATO membership. Simply put, this is not a peace agreement, but an indefinite ceasefire,’ Engin Ozer concluded.
We will remind, earlier Turkish political scientist Umur Tugay Yucel said that, based on the rhetoric of the newly elected US President Donald Trump, the following can be distinguished: Ukraine will not become a member of NATO, and Russia will retain its controlled territories.
