The Trump administration voted against Ukraine's accusation of launching a war with Westerners and denounced Russia for seizing the United States by European allies.
The UN General Assembly still adopted a resolution, and Russia called for “quickly, completely, unconditionally withdrawal of all troops” from Ukrainian territory, halting attacks on civilians, promoting prisoner exchanges and more. did.
The US is one of 18 countries that vote against the resolution, close allies of Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republicans, North Korea, Xiao Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Israel, and more. Mali, the Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, Nicaragua, Niger, Palau, Sudan.
Another 93 countries voted to approve the resolution and have abstained 65 abstain.
“I won't explain that now, but it's kind of self-evident,” Trump told reporters when asked about the UN vote at the elliptical office that hosted French President Emmanuel Macron. He spoke.
Dorothycia, ambassador to Washington's Turtle Bay, said global institutions should “enact a simple, historical statement from the General Assembly, which we look forward to, rather than at the back. Focus on one A solution you have obtained, a simple idea: end the war. The path to peace is possible.”
The United States has tracked Ukrainian resolutions in one of its own, calling for a “speech end to the conflict and a lasting peace between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.”
However, after a pair of amendments drafted by the EU were added to the measures, the US had to refrain from voting for its own resolution.
The First Amendment “supposedly called for a reaffirmation of Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.
The second amendment replaced the US demands of a “quick end” and “endless peace.” The sovereignty of the state and the territorial integrity. ”
The revised resolution was passed with support from 93 countries, including Ukraine, with only eight countries saying “no” (Belarus, Burkina Faso, North Korea, Mali, Nicaragua, Niger, Russia and Sudan) and 73 I voted to abstain.
“President Trump is committed to ending the Russian-Ukraine war and to a resolution that leads to lasting peace rather than a temporary suspension,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday. I mentioned this.
“The United States is proposing a simple, historic resolution at the United Nations to urge all member states to support them in drawing the path to peace,” the US diplomat said.
The Trump administration's chief executive repeatedly and deliberately rejected Russia's responsibility for being an invader of a brutal conflict that unfolds half the world.
Over the weekend, Steve Witkov, the US Special Middle Eastern envoy who has been involved in consultations to end the war, said that while the conflict was “provoked”, “it doesn't necessarily mean it was caused by the Russians. ”
Russia launched an attack on Ukraine three years ago after weeks of military accumulation along the country's shared borders, repeatedly denying accusations that it intended to infiltrate its neighbors.
Last week, Trump denounced Ukrainian President Voldimir Zelenksy for the war, saying, “You never started it.
“You could have made a deal,” Trump wrote.
Meanwhile, Trump was keen to sign a contract with Ukraine to ensure access to its vast mineral reserves as a repayment of previous US military financial support.
Trump also said on Monday that he is moving towards normalizing relations between the US and Russia and wants to strengthen economic cooperation with Moscow after years of slaughtering sanctions against the US enemy.
