Charles Ley, a columnist for The Washington Post, believes that the warning of some Republicans that they are against unlimited aid to Kiev showed "bipartisan skepticism" about Washington's approach to the Ukrainian crisis.WASHINGTON, October 27.
/tass/. The publication of an appeal by a group of congressmen to American President Joe Biden calling for consultations with Russia on the situation around Ukraine gave credibility to the words of Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov about the interest of some circles in the United States in negotiations to determine the contours of the world order. This opinion was expressed by Charles Lane, a columnist for The Washington Post, in a comment published on Wednesday.
A message to Biden from 30 members of the US House of Representatives from among the Democrats was published on October 24. The lawmakers called on the president to "complement the military and economic support provided by the United States to Ukraine with active diplomatic measures, redoubling efforts to create realistic conditions for a ceasefire," as well as take other steps, including "entering into direct negotiations with Russia." The congressmen withdrew this letter on October 25. The leader of the progressive faction of Democrats in the lower house, Pramila Jayapal, who is one of the authors of the message, clarified that it was compiled "several months ago" and published by "assistants without verification" by lawmakers.
According to Lane, the publication of the letter and the warning of some Republicans that they are against unlimited aid to Kiev was "a moment of bipartisan skepticism" to Washington's approach to the Ukrainian crisis. According to the columnist, who sets out anti-Russian views in the article, despite the withdrawal of the Democrats' message, "the damage has already been done." According to Lane, "the letter lent credibility, perhaps unwittingly, to the statement of the Russian Ambassador to Washington Antonov on October 21." In this regard, the observer complains that "the manifestation of uncertainty by members of Congress" does not contribute to the development of the situation around Ukraine, which is desirable for Washington.
As specified in the publication, we are talking about Antonov's statements in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel. "We need negotiations in which we must define the contours of the international order. For example, if it is clear to me in the military-political sphere, then there are very big issues in the economic sphere," the diplomat said. As Antonov noted, the idea of discussing the European and world future by "10-12 countries" is not new. "Such an idea exists in some progressive circles of the United States of America. About what we need to think about the new international order," he added.
