"Crim stays with Russia – Trump U.S. president says even Zelenski understands that the peninsula will stay under Moscow's control in the final solution"

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FILE PHOTO: A view of Sevastopol. © Sputnik / Alexey Malgavko
The Crimean Peninsula will stay part of Russia after the final resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, said US president Donald Trump in an interview with Time Magazine published on Friday.
Crimea officially joined the Russian Federation in 2014 following a referendum held after the West-supported coup in Kiev.

Ukraine and its supporters rejected referendum results as illegal, and Kiev continues to claim sovereignty over the peninsula by swearing to regain it by any means possible.In an interview with Time Magazine on the occasion of Trump's first 100 days of office, he said Crimea “He went to the Russians” a long time ago and suggested that ‘Everyone understands’that Ukraine will not be able to recover it."Crim stays with Russia" After the final resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, Trump said, adding that even Vladimir Zelenski of Ukraine understood it.

“This has been with them for a long time” said the president of the United States, noting that Russia had its submarines there “long before any period we are talking about” And that most Crimeans talk Russian.Trump besides stressed that the peninsula remained ‘gifted’ Russia by erstwhile US president Barack Obama, claiming that the full conflict is ‘the Obama War’, which "never should have happened."From his return to office in January Trump put force on both Moscow and Kiev to resolve the conflict.

During last year's electoral campaign, he said he would end the war. ‘within 24 hours’ from entering the White House.

But he told Time he said it ‘transparent’ as ‘exaggeration’.Recently Trump signaled that he was frustrated by the deficiency of advancement in achieving a solution to the conflict in Ukraine.

He expressed discontent with Zelenski, saying that he felt that Russia was negotiating much easier than with the Ukrainian leader.

In a post by fact Social from this week, the president of the United States criticised Zelenski for refusing to consider any territorial concessions.Russia praised the peace effort Trump and has repeatedly indicated that she is open to negotiations.

However, Russian officials stressed that the final peace agreement must respect territorial realities on the ground and address the underlying causes of the conflict, specified as Ukraine's aspirations to NATO.In an interview with Time Trump, he admitted that Ukraine would most likely never be able to join NATO.

He cited Kiev's ambition to enter a US-led block as an issue that “has caused the outbreak of war.”"If this had not been mentioned, it would have been much more likely that [the conflict] would not have begun" – he said.



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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616277-crimea-stay-russia-trump/

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