Rep. candidate ready to mediate Ukraine conflict; but on what terms?
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The Republican presidential candidate says the deal to end the Ukraine crisis would require a guarantee that Russia would distance itself from China.
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2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the Family Leadership Summit, in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 14, 2023 (AP)
US entrepreneur and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he would negotiate a resolution to the conflict in Ukraine if elected president, which would include a guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO in exchange for Russia cutting ties with China.
"I would negotiate a deal that ends the Ukraine war, freezes the current lines of control," Ramaswamy said on Friday in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
"I would make a hard commitment that NATO never admits Ukraine to NATO."
According to Ramaswamy, the US is driving Russia further into an alliance with China, which is the greatest threat the US faces.
The deal to end the conflict in Ukraine would also require a guarantee that Russia would distance itself from China, he indicated.
It would also involve Russia removing nuclear weapons from Kaliningrad and military forces from Cuba and Venezuela, according to the Republican presidential candidate.
The US would open up trade with Russia as part of the deal as well, Ramaswamy said.
Carlson interviewed Ramaswamy and other 2024 presidential candidates at a forum in Iowa. Carlson and former US Vice President Mike Pence quarreled over the latter’s policies on Ukraine earlier in the day, leading to an abrupt end to the interview.
According to a FiveThirtyEight poll, Ramaswamy is currently polling at 4.6% support, putting him in fourth place behind former US President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and Pence.
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