Two images, and a central subject: Ukraine. Thursday, March 13, was marked by a distance public dialogue between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Welcoming his Belarusian counterpart in Moscow in Moscow, Alexandre Loukachenko, the Russian president acquiesced with the end of his lips, and under conditions, to the proposal for a thirty-day ceasefire, advanced by the White House and validated by kyiv. Meanwhile, in Washington, Donald Trump received the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte. The American-Russian rapprochement and the conditioned sense of solidarity between Allies, prized by the billionaire, strongly worry the European members of NATO. At the end of this day, neither peace in Ukraine nor the future of the Alliance emerged from limbo, from this stationary, scary and uncertain state which overwhelms the European continent.
The word of Vladimir Putin was eagerly awaited, after the acceptance by Ukraine in the principle of a cease-fire, during discussions with the United States in Djedda (Saudi Arabia) on March 11. “We are for but there are nuances”, warned the Russian president, saying that he wants “Talk about it” with Americans and “Maybe call President Trump”. He thanked it for his efforts with a view to resolving the conflict, before insisting on “Important questions”. Understand, its prerequisites. They were to be at the heart of the exchanges between the Russian president and the special envoy of Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, who arrived in Moscow on Thursday. His stay could be extended until Sunday.
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