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| January 12 proposed as date for NATO-Russian Federation meeting |
| 2021-12-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] The North Atlantic Alliance has already offered Moscow a date for a bilateral meeting, the press service of the military bloc told RIA Novosti. "NATO Secretary General Jens Stolenberg, as chairman of the Russia-NATO Council, decided to convene a meeting of the Council on January 12, 2022. We are in contact with Moscow on this meeting," the agency's interlocutor said. He recalled NATO's position that "any dialogue with Russia should be conducted on the basis of reciprocity, take into account NATO's concerns about Russia's actions, be based on key principles and fundamental documents of European security, and take place in coordination with NATO's European partners." As confirmed by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova , Moscow received a proposal to convene the Council and is considering it in practical terms. The diplomat stressed that Moscow is ready for a direct dialogue on security guarantees. In mid-December, the Foreign Ministry published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO. The documents have already been handed over to Washington and its allies. At one point, Moscow proposes that the alliance provide guarantees that would exclude the bloc's further advance in an eastern direction, in particular, on Ukrainian territory. As Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized, NATO's eastward expansion and the deployment of offensive weapons in Ukraine are red lines for Moscow. In turn, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out that the bloc is increasing the supply of weapons to Kiev, and the number of Western instructors has also increased in the country. In his opinion, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities "into military adventures," which creates a direct threat to Russia's security. The Russia-NATO Council was created in 2002 as a platform for the development of interaction and coordination. He promoted Moscow's cooperation with the alliance countries in important areas, in particular the fight against international terrorism. After 2008, the council's work stalled. The State Duma predicts an attack by Ukraine on Russia in February [RIA Novosti] Deputy of the State Duma from the party "Fair Russia - The Truth Behind" Mikhail Delyagin does not rule out that the Ukraine in early 2022 may attack several Russian border regions. "There is a real threat of an attack on Russia , they (Ukrainians. - Ed.) Are being prepared for this, but they do not really want this. <...> The West is pushing them to this very strongly," your Youtube channel. He added that the Ukrainian leadership is being pushed towards aggressive actions by the bad internal situation, "a situation of absolute hopelessness." "We will enter the risk zone, I am afraid, somewhere in early February and will sit in this risk zone until mid-March, maybe until the end of March," the deputy said. According to Delyagin, attacks on Crimea, Rostov-on-Don, Belgorod and Bryansk should be expected. Recently, the West has increasingly said that Russia is preparing an "invasion" of Ukraine. In Moscow denied this, stressing that no one is threatened, and the movement of troops on their own territory should not disturb anyone. As the Kremlin has repeatedly noted, such attacks are used as an excuse to place more military equipment and NATO forces on the Russian borders. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 He's just bluffing. His real goal is to force the US to stop expanding NATO. That's an easy concession for us to make: at this point expanding NATO brings us nothing but grief. Conceding something that's worth nothing to you and everything to your adversary is a smart negotiating strategy. We could have had Russia as a bulwark against Islamist terror and a partner that along with India and Japan would keep China off balance and in check. Instead, thanks to Cheney-W-McCain's stupid fantasies of creating Jeffersonian democracy everywhere from Cairo to Baghdad and Damascus to Kabul and the Caucasus, we ended up with trillion-dollar albatrosses and democracy in none of those nations. Under Soetoro and his twin idiots McFaul and his boss Hillary, we added an albatross in yet another shithole, Ukraine. And now under Brandon, our list of humiliating defeats includes Afghanistan. All when Russia could have been what it was in 2201-2003, a willing partner offering us significant military cooperation, including forward bases in Central Asia, in our mutual conflict with Islamic terror. All because of our retarded obsession with democracy promotion abroad -- while our own democratic institutions at home are now reeling and under assault by our own shitty little authoritarians and corrupt oligarchs. We Are Ruled By Obsessed Morons |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 13:30 |
| #1 No point talking with NATO or the Ukrainians - just the US. If they don’t sign off on an agreement then it doesn’t matter what the other parties say |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Omerelet5036 2021-12-27 12:03 |