UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United States proposed Friday a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine conflict that omitted any mention of Kyiv\u2019s territory occupied by Russia, diplomatic sources said.
\nSecretary of State Marco Rubio urged UN members to approve the \u201csimple, historic\u201d resolution.
\nWashington\u2019s proposal comes amid an intensifying feud between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky which has seen Trump claim it was \u201cnot important\u201d for his Ukrainian counterpart to be involved in peace talks.
\nIt also appeared to rival a separate draft resolution produced by Kyiv and its European allies, countries that Trump has also sought to sideline from talks on the future of the three-year-old war.
\nThe Ukrainian-European text stresses the need to redouble diplomatic efforts to end the war this year, noting several initiatives to that end, while also blaming Russia for the invasion and committing to Kyiv\u2019s \u201cterritorial integrity.\u201d
\nThe text also repeats the UN General Assembly\u2019s previous demands for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
\nThose votes had wide support, with around 140 of the 193 member states voting in favor.
\nWashington\u2019s text, seen by AFP, calls for a \u201cswift end to the conflict\u201d without mentioning Kyiv\u2019s territorial integrity, and was welcomed by Moscow\u2019s ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia as \u201ca good move\u201d \u2014 but stressed that it did not address the \u201croots\u201d of the conflict.
\n\u201cThe United States has proposed a simple, historic resolution in the United Nations that we urge all member states to support in order to chart a path to peace,\u201d Rubio said in a statement Friday, without commenting in detail on the contents of the proposed resolution.
\nIn a break with past resolutions proposed and supported by Washington, the latest draft, produced ahead of a General Assembly meeting Monday to coincide with the third anniversary of the war, does not criticize Moscow.
\nInstead the 65-word text begins by \u201cmourning the tragic loss of life throughout the Russia-Ukraine conflict.\u201d
\nIt then continued by \u201creiterating\u201d that the United Nation\u2019s purpose is the maintenance of \u201cinternational peace and security\u201d \u2014 without singling out Moscow as the source of the conflict.
\nFrance\u2019s ambassador to the UN, Nicolas De Riviere, the EU\u2019s only permanent member of the council, said he had no comment \u201cfor the moment.\u201d
\n\u201cA stripped-down text of this type that does not condemn Russian aggression or explicitly reference Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity looks like a betrayal of Kyiv and a jab at the EU, but also a show of disdain for core principles of international law,\u201d said Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group.
\n\u201cI think even a lot of states that favor an early end to the war will worry that the US is ignoring core elements of the UN Charter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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