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Anonymous ID: 2f9dfe Dec. 16, 2024, 3:47 p.m. No.22177401   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7403 >>7426 >>7505

16 Dec, 2024 10:25

 

EU’s top diplomats to ‘fight’ over Ukraine arms supply – Hungary

 

Even the approach of Christmas “cannot dampen the mood of war” in the EU, according to the country’s foreign minister

 

A big fight” is looming in Brussels on Mondayover the allocation of billions of euros earmarked to arm Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned.

 

The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, comprising of bloc members' top diplomats, is eager to allocate funds to further arm Kiev through Christmas and New Year, during its final meeting of the year Monday, according to Szijjarto.

 

They “want to free up more than €6 billion” to purchase arms for Ukraine, Szijjarto wrote on Facebook, before the meeting began.

 

“Even the approach of Christmas cannot dampen the mood of war,” he claimed.“Even with the possibility of a Christmas ceasefire and mass prisoner exchanges on the table,” the EU’s top diplomats will nevertheless discuss further arming Ukraine, he lamented.

 

Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban proposed a Christmas ceasefire and a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. Kiev has since rejected the proposal.

 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Moscow supports Orban’s initiatives and hopes that consultations on peace will continue.

 

“There will be a big fight today, but we will not give in… we need a ceasefire in Ukraine, not more weapons!” concluded Szijjarto.

 

Hungary, along with neighboring Slovakia, is opposed to the EU policy of arming Kiev and has been calling for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

 

The meeting in Brussels is being chaired for the first time by the new EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Kaja Kallas.

 

The Estonian diplomat took over from Josep Borrell on December 1. She has advocated for tougher sanctions on Russia and is known for her strident stance against Moscow.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/609423-eus-top-diplomats-fight-ukraine-weapons/

Anonymous ID: 2f9dfe Dec. 16, 2024, 3:58 p.m. No.22177450   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7456 >>7505

16 Dec, 2024 20:25

Trump says Zelensky not invited to inauguration

 

The incoming president will be officially sworn in on January 20

 

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky was not invited to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony next month, the incoming president told reporters on Monday.

 

Trump, who defeated Democratic rival Kamala Harris last month, will officially be sworn in as the 47th president of the US on January 20 at an inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, DC.

 

On Monday, Trump held his first formal press conference since winning the election.

 

Asked by journalists whether he had invited Zelensky,Trump responded, “No, I didn’t invite him.” He, however, added, “If he’d like to come, I’d like to have him.”(KEK)

 

Trump met with Zelensky this month in Paris along with French President Emmanuel Macron for talks centered on the Ukraine crisis. Trump, who was reportedly reluctant to meet Zelensky, said afterwards that he wanted the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev to end as soon as possible.

 

NBC reported later that Trump’s team has been working hard to broker a truce between Ukraine and Russia that could pave the way for peace talks. Trump has repeatedly slammed the administration of current President Joe Biden for its handling of the conflict and claimed that the hostilities never would have broken out at all with him in the White House.

 

According to media reports, Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the inauguration. The offer was reportedly made in early November, shortly after Trump’s election victory. However, it remains unclear whether Xi has accepted the invitation.

 

CBS has reported, citing sources, that China’s ambassador to the US and his spouse are expected to attend the event, as per standard practice.

 

Trump’s team has suggested hosting other leaders at the Capitol on January 20 in addition to Xi. While ambassadors and diplomats are typically invited,State Department records since 1874 indicate that no foreign leader has ever attended the transfer-of-power ceremony.

 

Among other officials invited, various media outlets have namedArgentine President Javier Milei, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele.

 

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last weekthat the Kremlin did not receive an invitation, according to RBK.(it was announced he invited Putin? Oh got it: "They said "the Kremlin", did not receive an invitation, not specifically Putin.)

 

(Zelensky sucks up the air everywhere he goes.)

 

https://www.rt.com/news/609455-us-trump-inauguration-zelensky/