Keith Kellogg and his plan for peace: Trump’s nominee for “special representative for Ukraine and Russia”
27 November 2024 23:49
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated retired General Keith Kellogg as his assistant and special representative for Ukraine and Russia. Trump wrote about this in X, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
“I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg as Assistant to the President and Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Keith has a distinguished military and business career, including serving in very senior national security positions in my first administration. He has been with me from the beginning! Together we will secure peace through strength and make America and the world safe again!” Trump wrote.
According to media reports, earlier Kellogg proposed his own plan to end the war in Ukraine, which stipulates that the supply of American weapons to Kyiv will continue only if Ukraine agrees to peace talks with Russia. At the same time, the United States is ready to warn Moscow of the consequences of refusing to negotiate, including increased support for Kyiv.
What is known about Keith Kellogg
Kellogg previously worked in the George W. Bush administration, and during Trump’s first term in 2017-2021, he was the White House National Security Council’s chief of staff and national security adviser to then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Kellogg is a Vietnam War veteran and former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.
He currently works at the America First Policy think tank, as does Trump’s nominee for CIA chief, John Ratcliffe.
What does Kellogg’s plan to end the war envision?
Kellogg’s plan to end the war stipulates that Ukraine will receive more American weapons only if it agrees to peace talks with Russia.
The United States will also warn Russia that if it refuses to negotiate, Washington will increase its support for Kyiv. The plan also proposes to freeze the contact lines at their previous positions, an idea that both sides have rejected.
Kellogg also said that for a certain period of time, instead of joining NATO, Ukraine would receive security guarantees.
In particular, the proposed plan stated that in order to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to join the peace talks, the US president and other NATO leaders should offer to “postpone Ukraine’s membership in NATO for an extended period in exchange for a comprehensive peace agreement with monitored security guarantees.”
It was assumed that the United States could offer a final peace agreement with terms that “meet the interests of the United States and Ukraine.”
“Part of that agreed end state should include provisions in which we create a long-term security architecture for Ukraine’s defense. Including this in a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine opens the door to long-term peace in the region and is a means of preventing future hostility between the two countries,” the document said.
At the same time, Kellogg recognized that Ukraine would have to give up the territories.
