Why Was Ukraine Excluded From Drafting?

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00:00And why hasn't Ukraine been involved in the drafting of that document up until now?

00:06And why have the European powers, do you think, all been apparently blindsided by it?

00:11Because this is not the main channel.

00:14This is not the official U.S. work on this project.

00:18The official U.S. work on this project is under Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

00:23and it will have, and indeed already has had, input from the Ukrainians and from the Europeans.

00:30As I say, this one, this document is not endorsed by the U.S. government,

00:36and so it didn't benefit from the normal process of talking to the Ukrainians and the Europeans.

00:43So that will come when they get to a serious work, unlike this 28-point plan, which is not serious in my view.

00:51When they get to the serious work, the Ukrainians and the Europeans will have strong views.