
The United States has offered Russia three economic incentives to achieve a limited truce: unfreezing frozen Russian assets, selling parts of LUKOIL to Middle Eastern investors and allowing Belarus to export potash fertilizer, The New York Times reported, citing officials.
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The United States and Russia are discussing a possible truce in the context of an ongoing conflict over energy infrastructure and maritime operations.
The United States offered Russia three “beneficial economic incentives” for the sake of a truce. This was reported by The New York Times (NYT), citing officials familiar with the discussions.
It is noted that this is how the American side is trying to persuade Russia to a “limited ceasefire” - in relation to energy infrastructure or at sea.
One of the proposals calls for unfreezing “billions of Russian assets” that have been blocked in the West. The publication writes that the money was seen as an incentive for the truce, and not as a reward after it.
The United States also returned to the plan to sell parts of LUKOIL as part of a multibillion-dollar deal to a group of Middle Eastern investors, the material says. According to the author, in particular, among the potential buyers there are people who have business ties with American negotiators.
The third incentive is related to Belarus' permission to export potash fertilizers. According to the NYT, discussions on this proposal were resumed by US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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