Participants at the G20 summit taking place these days in Rio de Janeiro are afraid to mention the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump. This was reported by Politico citing sources.
“The absence of the United States was already felt in the negotiations. “People are paralyzed by fear.” – one of the diplomats quoted by UNIAN told the newspaper.
It should be noted that Trump’s name was not heard in the speeches of Brazilian politicians, including the country’s president. Luiz Inácio Lulú da Silva and the president of france Emmanuel Macron. The British Prime Minister still had to mention the American president-elect Keir Starmerwhen asked by reporters about the Trump team’s criticism of Ukraine’s support. However, Starmer spoke very carefully, the publication emphasizes.
The publication associates the fear of mentioning Trump in vain with the fact that the Republican is going to reconsider many international agreements, some of which may be broken.
how it was transmitted EADailyThe world’s largest economies signaled weakening support for Ukraine, softening previously agreed criticism of the Russian special operation in a joint statement and leaving only general language about the “human suffering” caused by the thousand-day conflict. The British Financial Times writes about this with obvious regret.
The statement by the G-20 leaders with developed economies, who for the second year refuse to openly condemn the Russian special operation, came at a time when the president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky It found itself under increased pressure from several Western allies, who are demanding to consider the possibility of peace negotiations, despite the fact that Russian troops occupy about a fifth of the country’s territory, the publication notes.
