An interview with Riabkow was published in a technological and political magazine published by Russian MFA. The conversation is available in truncated form, the full is to appear “in the coming days”.
Deputy Minister enigmatically commented on ongoing negotiations with the United States. “We approach the proposed models and solutions very seriously, but we cannot accept everything as it is”, he said, as quoted by the prokremlian agency RIA Nowosti.
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It's hard to tell what the Deputy Minister meant specifically. He didn't give any details. He simply stated that the negotiations “are present trying to find a pattern that would let us to accomplish a ceasefire, It's what the Americans imagine.‘.
"There is presently no place at Russia's main request, namely Addressing the root causes of the conflict“ We read in the published interview passage. Sergei Riabkov he added that "it is completely lacking and must be overcome".
Moscow is stalling negotiations? Analysts have no doubt
18 March Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump They made a telephone call. The consequence was to be a ceasefire on both sides in the context of attacks on energy infrastructure. Both Moscowand Kiev They're accusing each another of breaking the agreement.
About a week later, there were many opinions that said The Russians are stalling negotiations..
Some American experts indicate that Russia does not take negotiations with the US seriously. Steven Horell, a erstwhile intelligence officer, considered that the Russians were “tamping” Trump's crew. In turn Jim Townsend, erstwhile deputy chief of the Pentagon, stated that the Russians "still want to fight". Both responded positively to the thought of European forces in Ukraine, adding that it was a "detached perspective".
Russia has turned the negotiations upside down
According to Horell, Washington think-tanku analyst Center for European Policy Analysis, evidence of Russia's deficiency of serious approach to talks is the consequence of parallel negotiations USA – Russia and USA – Ukraine in Riyadh about the truce in the Black Sea. As he points out, though from the first message The White House It appeared that both sides agreed to refrain from utilizing force in the Black Sea, immediately afterwards Russia raised a series of demands for the abolition of sanctions as conditions for consent to the implementation of the agreement.
“Russia has turned it upside down and has made a prerequisite for the promise of future events, demanding the abolition of sanctions”, Horell analysed.
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