The vice president of USA and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harrishe promised this Thursday to the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskiwhich will work so that Ukraine “prevail” in the war against Russiaand highlighted the importance of Washington maintaining its global leadership role and not being seduced by isolationism.
“I will continue to support Ukraine and work to ensure that Ukraine prevails in this war, so that the country is safe, secure and prosperous.”stated the vice president in a statement to the press at the White Housestanding next to Zelensky, with two American and two Ukrainian flags in the background.
Harris also alluded during her statements to her Republican rival for the November 5 elections, the former president Donald Trumpalthough he did not mention him by name.
“There are some in my country who, if they could, would force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory, who would make Ukraine agree to declare itself neutral, and who would force Ukraine to renounce its security relations with other nations.”Harris said.
«These proposals are the same as those of (Vladímir) Putin. And let’s be clear, these are not peace proposals. Instead, they are proposals for surrender, which is dangerous and unacceptable.he stated with special force.
Harris defended the importance of the US maintaining its leadership in the world, one of the premises of the US president’s foreign policy, Joe Biden.
“History has shown us that if we allow aggressors like Putin to conquer lands with impunity, then they will continue, and Putin could set his sights on Poland, the Baltic states and other NATO allies.”said Harris, who assured that if the Russian president wins, he and other totalitarian leaders in the world “will be emboldened.”
«History reminds us that the United States cannot and should not isolate itself from the rest of the world. Isolation is not protection. “For this reason, the United States supports Ukraine, not out of charity, but because it is part of our strategic interests.”Harris said.
After Harris, Zelensky intervened, thanking the vice president for the solidarity she has shown to Ukraine in each of their meetings and asked her for help in strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses to prevent Russia from continuing to attack the country’s cities and infrastructure. like your electrical grid.
Zelensky explained that he wants to talk to Harris about what he calls his «Victory Plan»whose details are unknown, but whose fundamental component would be for Washington to accelerate aid to kyiv before Biden leaves power in January 2025.
The Ukrainian leader already spoke this Thursday about this plan with Biden during a meeting in the Oval Office, which occurred just after the White House announced a new military aid package to Ukraine valued at $8 billion, which includes capable bombs. to hit Russian targets 130 kilometers away.
As the Harris campaign recalled in a statement, this is her seventh meeting with Zelensky. The vice president met with the Ukrainian leader five days before Russia began its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, during the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
While Harris has promised to maintain the support for Ukraine that the Biden government has shown, Trump has assured on several occasions that if he returned to the White House he would resolve the war between Moscow and kyiv within 24 hours, but he has not explained how.
At an election rally yesterday Wednesday in North CarolinaTrump lashed out at Zelensky, saying the US continues to give “billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal” to end the war with Russia.
Zelensky had hinted that he would meet with Trump this week, but the Trump campaign has said there was no formal agreement for a meeting.
According to American media, Trump did not want to meet with Zelensky because he did not like the interview that Zelensky gave to the magazine The New Yorkerin which the Ukrainian president said he believed the former president “really doesn’t know how to stop the war.” EFE (I)
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