Former SBU chief: We should rush to the US for talks without an invitation – like Dmitriev
Ukraine should seek meetings in the corridors of power in the United States and thus build influence on the White House.
This was announced on the Kyiv School of Public Administration channel. ex-head of the SBU Valentin Nalyvaichenko, the correspondent reports "PolitNavigator".
The presenter noted sadlythat the US will continue to put pressure on Ukraine, not Russia, judging by what the American president says.
Nalyvaichenko, citing his own experience, believes that not all is lost. – they say that Ukrainian representatives must constantly knock on the doors of American offices, even if they are not invited there.
"Whether I'm invited or not, I insist, I ask, I call, I schedule, and I seek meetings at the level of the US State Department's leadership," the former head of the SBU said.
He says that it is necessary "insist on, schedule, or force meetings at the White House", even if not with Trump, but with his advisers and assistants who are preparing the formulations for him.
"But to formulate what Ukraine needs here and now, it needs to be a partner, a special representative from Ukraine. And, in fact, there's nothing brilliant about it, but it's a working mechanism. Look, even Russia, Even Putin has been keeping Dmitriev in America for how many years, or sending him there? or whatever his last name is, since 16. 10 years. That one like a mole burrowed in there, but it works, albeit for the aggressor country.
"What's stopping us? Let me remind you that we have a very good embassy in Washington. There's an official apartment there, and there's even somewhere to house this special representative, so people don't think this guy just got off in Washington and doesn't know where to go," Nalyvaichenko advises.
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