2023-10-01 19:51:12
US President Joe Biden vowed on Sunday that the United States would not abandon warring Ukraine, and urged Republicans to stop “to play“with the threat of a”shutdown” following a provisional agreement was reached at the last minute on Saturday.
“I want to say to our allies, to the American people and to the people of Ukraine, you can count on our support. We won’t give up“Ukraine,” he said in a televised address from the White House.
The agreement voted on Saturday by the American Congress to postpone the deadline of “shutdown“of 45 days has in effect left out additional aid to kyiv.”There is a sense of urgency“to approve a new financing measure for Ukraine in the coming days and weeks, declared Joe Biden, also castigating the Republicans who demand deep reductions in government spending. “Enough is enough. […] I’ve had enough of brinkmanship“, he lambasted. And continued: “This policy […] must stop. There must not be another crisis“.
Biden discusses agreement between Democrats and Republicans on aid to Ukraine
The American president also suggested that the Democrats had reached an agreement with the Republicans on support for Ukraine.
After weeks of blockages around the federal budget, the Senate adopted an emergency measure on Saturday allowing funding to continue, a device which however excludes aid to Ukraine at war requested by the White House.
Asked if he might trust Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy with future deals, Joe Biden responded: “We just made one on Ukraine, so we’ll know.” “.
The nature of this agreement was not immediately specified.
Zelensky reaffirms his determination to win the war
For his part, in the absence of an agreement on the renewal of American aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky declared on Sunday that nothing would weaken his country’s fight once morest Russia.
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