Reuters publishes text of US proposals to end war, which Witkoff showed on April 17 in Paris
Last week, on Wednesday, April 17, the US President's Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, presented the text of the proposals to end the war between Ukraine and the aggressor country of russia to European allies at talks in Paris.
The Reuters news agency claims that it has this document at its disposal. It published it in text on its website.
It is emphasized that the text of the document was published without any changes.
Framework of the russian-Ukrainian agreement
To be transmitted verbally
Abstract: These conditions represent the final US proposal to both sides.
Ceasefire
- Permanent ceasefire.
- Both sides immediately begin negotiations on technical implementation.
Security guarantee for Ukraine
- Ukraine receives a reliable security guarantee.
- The guarantor states will be a special group of European states plus willing non-European states.
- Ukraine will not seek NATO membership.
- Ukraine may seek EU membership.
Territory
- The US de jure recognizes russian control over Crimea.
- The US de facto recognizes russian control over the Luhansk Region.
- The US de facto recognizes russian-controlled parts of the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson Regions.
- Ukraine regains territory in the Kharkiv Region.
- Ukraine regains control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant through American control and management of the plant, which shares electricity between the two sides, as well as the Kakhovka Dam (Kakhovka HEPP - ed.).
- Ukraine gains unimpeded passage on the Dnieper River and control over the Kinburn Spit.
Economy
- The United States and Ukraine will implement the agreement on economic cooperation / Mineral resources.
- Ukraine will be fully restored and will receive financial compensation.
- Sanctions on russia imposed as a result of this conflict since 2014 will be lifted.
- Russian-American economic cooperation in the energy and other industrial sectors.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, a round of negotiations on ending the war between Ukraine and the russian federation took place on April 17. It was held in Paris with the participation of representatives of the United States, Ukraine and European countries.
We will recall that on April 19, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who is one of the members of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations, stated that Kyiv supports the US peace initiative by 90%.
We also wrote that on April 22, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine would not recognize the occupation of Crimea. According to him, no official proposals on this issue had been received from the United States.