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Zelensky asks U.S. for clarity on NATO MAP – media
The president also says Russia has been dragging its feet on a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine says he wants to hear a clear "yes" or "no" from U.S. President Joe Biden on a NATO Membership Action Plan for Ukraine.
In a joint interview with Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse on Monday, Zelensky also said that the United States should provide economic support to Ukraine.
Zelensky said Russia was dragging its feet on a meeting between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin with no clear reason.
And he said most of the Russian troops that were moved in spring to areas near Ukraine's borders had not been not pulled out.
U.S. approves US$150 million in military aid for UkraineUkraine's path toward NATO
- Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected the upcoming NATO summit to start discussing the prospects for Ukraine's obtaining a Membership Action Plan.
- Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba opined that the Allies at their June 14 summit will make no decision on granting MAP to Ukraine.
- Olha Stefanishyna, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, expects Ukraine's security concerns to be adequately reflected in the final documents of the upcoming NATO summit.
- Top diplomat Kuleba also said Ukraine officials had been left confused after learning the country's delegation was not invited to the summit amid ongoing Russian aggression targeting the country.
Zelensky thanks G7 leaders for support of Ukraine
The G7 leaders were meeting at Cornwall's Carbis Bay, Britain, on June 11-13.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the leaders of the G7 countries (the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan) for supporting Ukraine's independence and sovereignty.
This was reported on the website of the President of Ukraine.
G7 leaders call on Russia to withdraw troops at Ukraine's eastern border, in Crimea
They called on Russia to act in accordance with its international obligations, to withdraw troops and weapons from the eastern border of Ukraine and on the Crimean peninsula.
"We remain firmly of the view that Russia is a party to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, not a mediator," the G7 leaders said in a communique.
They also backed the Normandy negotiation process.
In addition, they called on Russia and illegal armed formations to commit to a ceasefire.
"I am grateful to the leaders of Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Italy, the United States, France, Japan, and the EU for their unwavering support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and for calling on the aggressor to withdraw troops from our eastern borders and from Crimea. Crimea is Ukraine," Zelensky said.
Meeting of the Group of Seven
- The G7 leaders were meeting at Cornwall's Carbis Bay, Britain, on June 11-13.
- The heads of state and government of the G7 countries (Great Britain, the USA, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Japan) called on the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops from the eastern borders of Ukraine.
- They turned to Russia over the use of chemical weapons and cyberattacks.
- The leaders also spoke in favor of bringing to justice those responsible for the shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines in Iran in January 2020.
Biden suggests 'autocrat' Putin's Russia might be weaker than it seems – media
Biden said Putin was right that relations were at a low.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that "autocrat" Vladimir Putin was right to say that relations were at their lowest point in years though he suggested that Russia might be weaker than it seemed and that Moscow had overreached in the Middle East.
That's according to Reuters.
Asked why Putin, who has served as Russia's paramount leader since Boris Yeltsin resigned in 1999, had not changed despite years of Western sanctions, Biden quipped: "He's Vladimir Putin."
"Autocrats have enormous power and they don't have to answer to a public and the fact is that it may very well be if I respond in kind, as I will, that it doesn't dissuade him – he wants to keep going," Biden said of Putin.
Pending meeting with Biden, Putin wants "direct dialogue" with U.S.Biden, though, depicted Russia – whose economy is 13 times smaller than the United States – as weaker than it might be perceived.
"Russia has its own dilemmas, dealing with its economy, dealing with COVID and dealing with not only the United States and Europe writ large, and in the Middle East," he said.
"Russia has engaged in activities which we believe are contrary to international norms, but they have also bitten off some real problems, that they're going to have trouble chewing on," Biden said.
Biden cited Syria as a case in point and an area in which the two powers could work together to find "an accommodation."
Biden said Putin was right that relations were at a low.
"He's right it's a low point," Biden said.
Biden-Putin summit
- The Geneva summit is scheduled for June 16, 2021.
- On June 6, 2021, Biden spoke about his stance pending a meeting with Putin. Biden noted that friends, partners, and allies of the U.S. see the world from the same perspective as the United States, and that Washington is united with them all in responding to Russia's challenges to European security, starting with its aggression in Ukraine.
- He assured that the United States would resolutely defend democratic values and its own national interests.
- Biden also stressed that the United States does not want conflict with the Russian Federation, but "seeks to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship," working along with Russia on matters of strategic stability and arms control.
- NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana expects President Biden to raise at a meeting with Putin the issue of Russia's aggressive actions in the world, strategic arms control, and the topic of climate change.
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