A few months ago what happened on Tuesday in the capital of Saudi Arabia was unthinkable. United States and Russia gathered in the East Designing your own world order by relaxing your tensions. Everything, at the expense of La Paz in Ukraine that both delegations have addressed at the Riad table, in which one of its protagonists has not been, the country invaded. Again, discussing Ukraine, without Ukraine.
Question of importance by taking into account that he does anything, the predecessor of Donald Trump In the White House, Joe Biden called the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin. Now, and suddenly, relations flow between the two countries after last week the American called the Russian to agree Start “immediately” Contacts to address peace in Ukraine.
It is true that after this conversation, the Republican He contacted the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskibut it is getting clearer than The objective of both is to reposition itself on the planet And not so much put an end to an invasion that Russia began in Ukraine three years ago. That, it is supposed to European Union (EU)in addition to – they have in advance, the possible journalistic hyperbole – an image for history.
Of course, this approach could leave more, even, since this Tuesday has been only the first step for what will not be a meeting, but the meeting. A face to face between Putin and Trump. Although, there is still no concrete date, the Kremlin advisor, Yuri Ushakov, has assured that they are already “ready” for that summit, while recognizing that they work to give the conditions to celebrate it. Of course, he has already ruled out that it can be next week.
Russian veteran, American debutants.
Still in the present, without advancing event, this Tuesday’s image also reveals messages on the faces of the members of both delegations. For the Russian, a Foreign Minister, Serguei Lavrov, is observed with apparent relaxation. Perhaps the more than two decades being public office have something to do, as is also in the case of Yuri Ushakov, one of Putin’s strong men since 2008, in addition to a specialist in Ukraine.
On the other side, American negotiators led by Trump’s secretary for just a month, Marco Rubio. Its countenance is still serious, but tense in turn. A tension that has also been observed in his peers: the special envoy in the Middle East and the advisor of the Republican in National Security.
Beyond the gestures, the meeting conceals other issues that should not overlook regarding the repositioning that Trump and Putin are looking for. And it is that another of the objectives of these conversation, according to Lavrov, is “End, once and for all, to these difficulties that really hinder normal development” of the relations between the two superpowers, which did not maintain a meeting since January 2022, a month before the start of the war.
“I have no intention of responding to the ultimatums of Russia”
A clear message to the Biden administration who accused of “significantly” hindering the work of Russian diplomatic legations “With endless expulsions”. A situation to which the problem of the arrest of Russian diplomatic properties that has already begun during the presidency of Democrat Barack Obama and the limitation to bank transfers of Russian diplomatic legations was added.
Thus he defined, the Russian minister that until now was the relationship between the two countries, which already began to deteriorate after the Crimea Annexation in 2014 and practically ceased after the intensification of the war. Now, on the other hand, this link could suffer before and after. Without going any further, this Tuesday the American vowel, Tammy Bruce, has assured that Rubio and Lavrov also agreed to “put the basis for future cooperation in matters of mutual geopolitical interest and in the economic and historical investments that will emerge from the successful end of the successful end of the conflict”.
Demands for all, except for Russia
Of course, about that peace in Ukraine have also spoken. After the meeting, the US has assured that “All in parts must make concessions”but the revealing is where they point out first, since there are any possible Russian assignments, nothing is known. Yes that are known, however, those that they consider necessary to make Europe.
Specifically, Rubio has slipped that the European Union (EU) will have to raise the sanctions that Putin imposed after the invasion of Ukraine. It will be only in this case in which they could sit at the negotiating table from which, for the moment, they have been excluded. Although these Russian concessions are unknown, they do arrive from that side clear demands. One of them is that Ukraine does not enter NATO because in the eyes of Lavrov -and Putin, of course- “that Ukraine joins NATO is a direct threat to the interests of the Russian Federation.”
Zelenski hardens
This exclusion from Ukraine of the Military Alliance, however, is a claim of Russia for a long time, since the more isolated, the weaker it will be. To avoid giving that feeling, Zelenski also plays his cards on the international board. For example, this Tuesday during a visit to Toyyip Erdogan Turkey, the Ukrainian leader has demanded that negotiations do not do behind them.
In addition, Zelenski has not hesitated to warn that there is no “intention to respond to the ultimatums of Russia.” Precisely, in this line of strengthening his figure so as not to be none, his government has announced the postponement of his trip to Saudi Arabia to the next March 10, in order to avoid coincidences with the contacts between the US and Russia. In fact, about the possible results of these meetings with respect to their country, said Monday that I would not recognize them.
This marginalization of Ukraine in the meetings to end the conflict that has ravaged its territory for three years, generates a lot of concern in its population since they are not being invited to these meetings in which their future is discussed. In fact, Ukrainian institutions do not hesitate to denounce that The advances that are being held arrive in the country attacked through the media.
Source: Lasexta
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