A US stake in ownership in Ukraine could help peace efforts, former diplomat Professor Michael Semple says.
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00:00Professor, Zelensky says he has not discussed U.S. ownership of Zaporizhia
00:06nuclear power plant with Donald Trump. That's despite the U.S. talking of
00:11American ownership. Would U.S. ownership of Ukrainian nuclear power plants offer
00:17a security guarantee for the country right now? It appears the minerals deal
00:23is off the table. Yes, there seems to be an idea which also pops up in
00:28slightly different forms. I can see that in principle having a
00:33direct U.S. stake by ownership of assets or presence of their own personnel
00:38on the ground would give them a reason to keep on worrying about what's
00:44happening in Ukraine. But I think that we can take it from President Zelensky
00:48that there is no detailed proposal for that. Zelensky's
00:53version is of course that he has considered how U.S. could help
00:59them keep their nuclear infrastructure going but has insisted that
01:04the Ukrainian state owns the nuclear infrastructure and it's going to stay
01:08that way. So yes, I think in principle having an increased U.S.
01:14stake in Ukrainian peace encourages it to keep on working to achieve that
01:21peace rather than just selling out.