Now at over half-a-dozen rounds to talks in, Ukraine and Russia seem no closer to achieving an end to the crisis at the negotiating table from when they first started – but possibly for some involved, that kind of stalling could be precisely the point.
At Istanbul talks from last week, the Russian side initially said it got a “clearly articulated position” from the Ukrainians, based chiefly in Kiev offering neutrality on NATO, and non-aligned, non-nuclear status. S&P futures jumped on the Kremlin revealing that Ukraine had presented a new draft agreement the day prior – but then dumped on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a series of fresh Thursday statements further revealing that “provisions in draft agreements presented to Russian negotiators by Ukraine on Wednesday differ from those outlined at the talks in Istanbul late last month,” according to Interfax.
Lavrov charged that Ukraine and its Western backers are seeking to “draw out and undermine talks” – something ironically which Ukrainian side has in the recent past accused Moscow of doing. He claimed that Washington is pushing Zelensky to continue fighting. Here are his words as presented in state media:
“Yesterday the Ukrainian side presented its draft agreements to our negotiators which showed a clear departure from key provisions which were committed to at the meeting in Istanbul on 29 March. These provisions, moreover, were fixed in the document signed by David Arakhamia, the head of the Ukrainian delegation,” Lavrov said in a video address Thursday.
The Russian top diplomat then quickly called the new, divergent proposals that Moscow reviewed “unacceptable” – rejecting them outright. He explained they proposed to discuss the status of Crimea and Donbas – the latter where Russian forces currently appear to be concentrating most of their military efforts. Specifically he pointed out that future security guarantees for Ukraine excludes Russian control over Crimea and Sevastopol.
Yesterday, Lavrov suggested the West is using “hysteria” over war crimes allegations to hinder any progress at the negotiating table…
Lavrov went on to say in the Thursday comments that Russia will prepare and promote its own proposals at the next round of Ukraine talks which are said to be “dragging along” but with a “long road ahead”.
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The US government has done everything possible to make sure that the war in Korea continues without real peace. They have way too much at stake in this, as does Herr Klaus.
The West is not coming to the table with a serious plan for piece. They want war to cover their tracks and force the NWO on a unsuspecting world. Brace for impact and fear the actions of the West far more than the “shoring up” actions of the East.
Order out of KAOS is the strategy in play for the West.
“The Emperor has no clothes”
“How many divisions does the pope have?”
The current Pope-a-dope would make the perfect false prophet for the antichrist. He is leftwing dingbat crazy.
Antipope, I’d say. Scott Ritter (surprisingly reinstated to Twitter) commented on Bucha starting around 1:01:00, culminating with his derision at this “pope” commenting on the likely Ukie false flag.
I don’t know if he is the first Jewish Pope, but he is the most jewiest pope ever. I would expect nothing less from Paulistinians.
It’s not like the people running the United States (Nuland and her ilk at State and CIA) are going to instantly end all sanctions against Russia if some sort of truce were obtained. They have always been all-in on destroying Russia. Biden has declared Putin a war criminal and called for regime change. With Russia on track to destroy the petrodollar, why should Russia accept half a loaf? Whatever they leave in place that’s called Ukraine will probably still be lousy with CIA goons unless the US GAE gets a well-deserved economic bitch-slapping by the the BRICs. Major famine is likely (probably baked in) in the poorest countries in the next year or so. I’m not sure how that enters into Russia’s calculus, but I don’t think they feel the need to reverse their embargoes on wheat, fertilizer components, etc.
We call this a clue: