The search for a peace agreement for the war in Ukraine, the Russian invasion of that country, continues. The second round of Mediation between Moscow and kyiv by the United States It already has date. Russians and Ukrainians will meet next Monday with US negotiators to defend their red lines.
They will meet again with a US delegation in Saudi Arabia and will do so in the first time, separately. On this occasion they arrive after both parties have accepted the Trump and Putin agreement on Tuesday in which The attacks on energy infrastructure was agreed for 30 days. That high the relative fire is the culmination of two weeks of negotiations in which the United Kingdom, France and Germany have also participated.
Trump’s men try, but any peace negotiation needs dwellers; People with temper and knowledge, of international relations but also of human relations. In the case of the Ukraine War One of those men is Jonathan Powell. He was in Ukraine during the weekend discussing the terms of the proposal in writing with Volodimir Zelenski and his chief of Cabinet, Andrei Yermak, before Ukraine and the US filed urgent negotiations to achieve it.
A few hours after the peace plan, British sources made known that Among its architects was Powell. “There will be no total victory, the Ukrainians will not march on Moscow, as happened in World War II, and will impose their conditions. Even if Putin leaves, there will be negotiations,” says Powell.
In his curriculum is the achievement of peace in Northern Ireland or his help to achieve the end of ETA. It is currently Advisor for Prime Minister’s Security Affairs British, Keir Starmer, whom he impressed while directeding government negotiations to return the Chagos Islands to Mauricio. According to The GuardianPowell is the bridge between Zelenski and Trump.
An expert in negotiating and mediating
It is a veteran of the years of the new Labor “that has been revealed as one of the most important figures in the configuration of British foreign policy Bajo Starmer, “says El Diario. In the words of Emily Thornberry, Labor President of the Common Foreign Affairs Commission,” Powell has earned her money. “
It has been fundamental to define the position of the United Kingdom after the disagreement between Trump and Zelenski in the Oval Office. Suggested the prime minister not to react publicly but put on the phone with both leaders. And that did. “The idea that you have been talking to Americans, Germans and French, preparing the offer and then going to Ukraine and elaborating the answer is an achievement,” Thornberry a Radio 4 of the BBC.
Before all this, Powell was a diplomat and worked at the Negotiations to return Hong Kong to China and in armament control conversations with the Soviet Union in the mid -eighties.
With 38 years he began working for Tony Blair, first in the opposition and then as a cabinet chief throughout his mandate between 1997 and 2007. At that time helped negotiate the agreement of Good Fridaythe process of in Northern Ireland. Powell also helped in Spain ETA will abandon the armed struggle. He participated in the International Conference to promote the resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, better known as the International Peace Conference of Donostia-San Sebastián, in October 2011.
Prepared, patient and serene
It was clear that negotiating and mediating is good. So, it was already the halls of power, he founded inter media, a Non -profit organization for conflict resolution. This man, married twice and father of four children, knows how to do it: he is prepared, has patience and exhibits serenity.
At 67, with another labor, he returned to the government. Who have worked with him in the last year claim that it is a quiet and experienced man who does not seek prominence. “It has an air of person who has already done all this before,” said a colleague, according to The Guardian.
Richard English, director of the Mitchell Institute of Queen’s University of Belfast, knows him well where Powell is an honorary professor. “His willingness to forge relationships with ancient enemies of the government was vital … His experience has led him to argue that dialogue and collaboration are often left for too late, “ has said English to Political.
Another colleague, Peter Ricketts, who was national security advisor of the conservative David Cameron, talked about Powell as of “That crucial international link” between the US and the United Kingdom. With Cameron was precisely the special envoy of the United Kingdom to Libya to promote dialogue between the country’s rival factions.
Jealousy and misgivings in the Foreign Office
But both praise ends up having his counterpart. Because, is Powell the Foreign Minister or at least one of his second swords? Well no. It is nothing more (and nothing less) than prime minister advisor. However, It has become the main foreign policy advisor of the 10 of Downing Street.
That has aroused the suspicion of the Foreign Ministry. “It has raised the concern that Powell is turning too many dishes and cracking begins to appear,” says the British newspaper. Because, in addition, Powell’s brightness opaque the figure of the true head of the Foreign Office, David Lammy.
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