<h1>Transatlantic relations at stake as territorial claims and mineral access are tied to negotiated peace, challenging sovereignty norms.</h1> The administration's drive to negotiate an end to the armed conflict is tied to securing U.S. commercial access to strategic minerals and includes proposals touching on territorial claims, raising issues under sovereignty norms and territorial integrity. Bilateral negotiations excluding affected states and a competing United Nations draft that omits calls for immediate withdrawal implicate multilateral decision making procedures, consent and representation in peace processes, and the legitimacy of conditioning security guarantees on economic concessions.