The talks on european security between Russia and the West they will not last for the moment in view of the impossibility of finding a common entente. Senior representatives, both from the Kremlin and from the West, have already announced that it makes no sense to continue to face each other in the short term given NATO’s refusal, on the one hand, to enter to debate the issues. security guarantees demanded by Moscow, and the refusal of the Russian side to withdraw the troops deployed along the Ukrainian border. The Kremlin has already said it would respond “technically and militarily“If the European and American counterparts did not show any flexibility before their demands, although it has not given details about it.
After Monday’s bilateral meeting in Geneva between the Foreign numbers two of the US and Russia, the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on Wednesday in Brussels, both without results, this Thursday the discussions have been transferred to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), based in Vienna, where both sides have starred in a new and visible disagreement. The Russian ambassador to the body, Aleksándr Lukashevich, has expressed in a press conference the “disappointment” of his country at the negative answer to the demands to prohibit in writing the iCongress of Ukraine Y Georgia in the Atlantic Alliance and to have veto right on military deployments in the NATO countries that once formed the Warsaw Pact, the defunct military alliance led by the dissolved USSR. “I want to say that we have not heard an adequate reaction to our proposals,” he reported, in statements collected by Ria Nóvosti.
About Ukraine
According to the version of the Russian diplomat, the talks in the Austrian capital revolved mainly “about their concerns, that is, the aggressive behavior of Russia especially in the context of the Ukrainian events,” he continued. Lukashevich has insisted on the original russian lawsuit that these guarantees must not take the form of words, but must be “Mandatory consecrated“, that is, in the form of a treaty.
For his part, the US representative to the OSCE, Michael Carpenter, has assured in his appearance before the press that his country was not willing to discuss with Russia dividing the continent into “spheres of influence“or restrict the right of nations to integrate military alliances that it deems appropriate.” We are ready for a serious dialogue on security in Europe “but not to make commitments on” principles “, he emphasized before adding:” we must strongly reject blackmail and not allow awards to be made assaults and the threats“.
With these wickers, both Western and Russian representatives have ruled out that the negotiating round will continue in the near future. The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Riabkov, has not ruled out that Russia, in response to what happened, deploying Russian military infrastructure in allied countries close to the US as “Venezuela The Cuba“. The American Carpenter already spoke this Thursday of the need to prepare for a “escalation” of tensions.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.