Vladimir Putin ruled on Thursday, October 24, that his relationship with the United States would depend on Washington’s attitude after the American election and, less than two weeks before the vote, praised the sincerity, according to him, of Republican candidate Donald Trump for his desire to establish peace in Ukraine.
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“ The evolution of Russian-American relations after the election will depend on UNITED STATES. If they are open, we will be too. And if they don’t want it, we don’t have to “, he declared during his closing press conference of the summit of Bricsbefore a planned meeting with the secretary general of theUN Antonio Guterres, the first since April 2022.
By speaking “ to want to do everything to end the conflict in Ukraine », the Republican candidate Donald Trump had comments “ sincere », greeted Vladimir Putin. But peace can only be established on the realities » from the battlefield and on nothing else, warned the Russian president as his troops continue to advance against the Ukrainian army supported by Western countries.
Westerners “ do not hide their objective of inflicting a strategic defeat on our country “, ” illusory calculations that only those who do not know the history of Russia and do not take into account its unity forged over centuries can make “, he had previously warned.
Under the eyes of Vladimir Putin and before their meeting, António Guterres reiterated to the participants at the Brics summit in Kazan his call for “a just peace” in Ukraine, “ in line with the UN Charter, international law and General Assembly resolutions “.
“ The Secretary General said we should all live like one big family “, “ unfortunately, in families there are often arguments, scandals, property disputes, and sometimes there are even fights “, replied the Russian president, also worrying, in unison with the Brics countries, about the conflict in the Middle East which is “ on the verge of total war “.
For Xi Jinping, BRICS can be “a stabilizing force for peace”
A group of nine countries accounting for almost half of the world’s population and almost a third of the planet’s GDP, the Brics can be “a stabilizing force for peace”, for his part affirmed Xi Jinping, whose country is the Russia’s main support against Western countries in the conflict triggered in February 2022 by the assault of Russian troops in Ukraine.
The positions of Russia and Ukraine seem, as they stand, irreconcilable. The prospect of negotiations remains very hypothetical at a time when the Kremlin welcomes a “ positive dynamic » on the front for his troops.
According to Moscow, mediation offers from partner countries were welcomed “ favorably by the Russian president » in Kazan, its spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said on Wednesday.
China, like the other Brics giant, India, has never condemned – nor recognized – the annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia.
The calls for peace and the opening of talks in Ukraine launched in Kazan are not likely to meet the expectations of the European Union, which has urged the heads of state and government of the Brics to encourage Vladimir Putin to “ immediately end his war against the Ukrainian people “.
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