Washington intends to fully fulfill its obligations to Ukraine .
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken addressed the House of Representatives on September 13. He explained the policy of the White House on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, reports with reference to.
Among other things, Blinken remembered about Ukraine. He answered questions about the fulfillment of US commitments to allies.
The United States will fulfill its obligations to Ukraine
Washington intends to fully fulfill its security obligations to Ukraine. This was announced on September 13 by the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Anthony Blinken .
- He spoke at a hearing before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress (broadcast by the C-SPAN channel, which traditionally shows government events).
The main topic of the report was the problems that arose due to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan . However, they recalled in the conversation about Ukraine.
«People there are scared to death»
As noted in «RBC-Ukraine», Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick asked the representative of the State Department:
- Does the Joe Biden administration intend to do everything possible to support «friends in Ukraine in the event of Russian aggression and friends in Taiwan in the event of Chinese aggression.»
The Daily Caller clarified that Fitzpatrick was quite accented in the expressions:
- He, they say, has just returned from Ukraine, and later will go to Taiwan, and people there are «scared to death» by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and «doubts the readiness» of the Americans to support Kiev.
To all this, Anthony Blinken's answer was:
Absolutely right. We will fulfill our obligations. We will fulfill our obligations to Taiwan under Taiwan Relations Act. We will fulfill our obligations to Ukraine.
“Considering those that US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed about two weeks ago,” the Secretary of State said.
- By the way, recently in Ukraine there have been more and more calls for the United States to be more actively involved in negotiations with Russia on the Donbass. And the White House doesn't seem to mind.
Regarding, in fact, Afghanistan, according to Radio Liberty, Blinken emphasized what the White House had already said before:
- Hard effort, but the evacuation of people was successful.
- And the United States had to withdraw the troops, because 20 years of efforts and billions of dollars spent had led nowhere.