This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
The United States has suspended all military aid for Ukraine demanding a clear commitment from the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for peace talks with Russia.
“The President (Donald Trump) clearly said that he was focusing on peace,” the White House said in a statement, adding that the United States, “our partners are also committed to this objective.”
At this stage, Washington “suspends” helps it to “make sure it contributes to a solution,” said the American presidency.
This decision comes a few days after a particularly tense exchange at the White House, between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, who was to sign an agreement on ores and rare land with the United States.
While Washington did not clarify under what conditions military aid could resume, a source from the American administration, quoted by the press, said that Donald Trump will determine these conditions, adding that it is not certain that the signature by the Ukrainian president of an agreement on rare minerals “would be enough” to relaunch arms deliveries.
The suspension of military aid recalls a similar action by the Republican elected officials at the Congress who had blocked, in mid-2013, a help of a value of 60 billion dollars to Ukraine announced by the Biden administration. Aid could not be approved until April 2024.
