US Ambassador to OSCE explains what security guarantees Ukraine can get

Michael Carpenter, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

He said the Ukrainian army should be so powerful that Russia would not even consider a future attack.

"We are looking at building the capabilities of the armed forces themselves. And here you can look, for example, at what the United States has done for our partner Israel, providing it with this qualitative military advantage over the years," Carpenter said.

"That is, we are talking about building up the armed forces in Ukraine that will deter future aggression. Deterrence is based on the political will to act and, above all, on capabilities. Therefore, over time, these capabilities must be built up," he emphasized.

The U.S. envoy emphasized that currently, it is crucial to prevent Russian President Putin from wiping Ukraine off the map.

Michael Carpenter also emphasized that the OSCE is unlikely to be a place for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, but it could play a role after a ceasefire is reached.

"The OSCE does provide a unique platform because of its inclusive membership. Perhaps the OSCE will play a role when the peace talks start. At this point, I would not dare to say that the OSCE will be the place where such negotiations will take place. However, I do see a potential role for the OSCE after a ceasefire is agreed upon," he said.

The U.S. Ambassador stressed that the ceasefire means a just and lasting peace on Ukraine's terms.

Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine

This weekend, on August 5-6, over 40 countries from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, held talks on ways to end the war in Ukraine. The meeting was held at the level of national security advisors. As previously reported in the press, Saudi Arabia was chosen as the venue for the meeting in order to encourage the world's leading countries, which have so far remained neutral, to support the Ukrainian principles for ending the war.

This is the second meeting at the level of national security advisers and political directors on key principles of peace based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula. As Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, reported on the eve of the discussions in Jeddah, the number of participants increased from 15 to almost 40 after the success of a similar format consultation in Copenhagen on June 24. Additional countries from the Global South were also involved.

It was reported later, on August 7, that the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the international talks in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful solution to the "crisis in Ukraine" had helped "strengthen the international consensus."