The participation of US Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth within the assembly of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) within the Ramstein format in Brussels on 11 April (by way of video hyperlink) signifies that the USA continues to offer safety help to Ukraine.

Supply: Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov at a press convention following the assembly, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Umierov emphasised that Hegseth becoming a member of the Contact Group assembly within the Ramstein format confirmed that the USA was not abandoning its help for Ukraine.

"We even have our colleague from the US collaborating within the UDCG which implies that the US is constant its safety help," Umierov mentioned.

"The US is our prime associate for each Ukraine and continental Europe or Europe as a complete," he added.

Umierov acknowledged that "the US has advised us, after the brand new administration has stepped in, that they are going to be beside Europe, beside Ukraine, however their focus can be in Asia-Pacific or within the Pacific."

Quote: "They [the US] are nonetheless collaborating in UDCG. They’re offering us safety help and so they took a lead in a peace initiative, which they’re centered. Ukraine has supported President Trump's peace initiative and took part in a number of events the place the US staff has received all 100% of help from the Ukrainian staff."

Background:

• Earlier, the media reported that Hegseth wouldn’t attend the assembly of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on 11 April.
• A gathering of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group within the Ramstein format is being held in Brussels on 11 April, co-chaired by the UK and Germany.
• The earlier assembly – the primary for the reason that change within the US administration – was additionally held in Brussels on 12 February and chaired by the UK.
• At that assembly, Hegseth claimed that restoring Ukraine's borders to their pre-2014 strains was not a sensible objective. He additionally mentioned the USA didn’t see Ukraine's NATO membership as a possible consequence of a peaceable decision to the conflict.
• Beneath the Joe Biden administration, earlier Ramstein conferences have been chaired by the USA.

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