Prime Minister Edi Rama dared to mention the fact that the diplomatic landscape for Ukraine has radically changed, considering Donald Trump’s dialogue with Russia, and urged European leaders not to ignore the new reality.
On the three-year anniversary of Moscow’s aggression against its neighboring country, a summit is being held in Kyiv, where leaders, including the Albanian Prime Minister, have spoken via video connections.
In contrast to the repeated promises of future military assistance for Ukraine and the desire for Kyiv to join the EU and NATO, the Albanian Prime Minister, as noted by Skynews, emphasized—while supporting all these goals—that it is crucial to address the fact that Russia and the United States are negotiating separately.
Leaders continue their discussions as if nothing has changed, when, meanwhile, everything in the White House is different, Rama commented.
“I think something important has happened, as you all know, and the question that arises is how Ukraine will be supported effectively and how Europe can be effective in defending itself, and how it can make the most of something that is happening—a negotiation between Russia and the United States. I’m not sure that just talking about increasing military support and adding more will really help us understand the whole issue. This is my modest opinion. Perhaps I am wrong,” Rama said.
Rama, the well-known media states, touched on the elephant in the room—the fact that Washington and Moscow have started negotiations for an agreement and the potential for Ukraine to be left out of the negotiations and imposed with an unfair outcome.
“We have long been on America’s autopilot, which has now been turned off, and it is unknown for how long,” Rama stated, making sure to repeat that Albania stands firmly with Ukraine and its allies, but called on the latter to be grounded, expressing his doubts about the summit only addressing half of the issue—the military aspect—without acknowledging the new political and diplomatic reality.
