(Morning News) Russian President Putin accused the West of being accused West being in the WestTry to involve Russia into the war and point out that the United States ignores Russia's concerns about NATO military forces in Europe.
This is the first time Putin made a public speech on the Ukraine crisis in the past six weeks. He pointed out that the United States' goal is to use countermeasures as an excuse for improving Russia.
Comprehensive reports of the BBC and Reuters, Putin said on Tuesday (February 1) at the press conference with the visiting Prime Minister of Hungary: "It's clear now ... Russia is very clear ...Basic concerns are ignored. "
Putin said:" In my opinion, the United States has not cared so much about Ukraine's security ... Its main task is to curb Russia's development. In this sense, UkraineIt is just a tool to achieve this goal. "
Putin also describes a potential future scene, that is, Ukraine joins NATO, and then tries to recapture the Crimean Peninsula occupied by Russia in 2014.
"Imagine, Ukraine has become a member of NATO and started these military operations. Does that mean we have to fight with NATO? Someone has considered this? Obviously not."
The US State Department spokesman Pois issued a statement saying that Brinken said in the call that the United States is willing to participate in a multilateral dialogue that the United States has participated through bilateral and American allies and partners to continue to perform substantiality on the security and concern of the United States and Russia.Exchange of opinions.Blintan reiterated that the United States supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, urging Russia to "immediately alleviate" the tension of Russia and Ukraine border, withdraw the army and equipment from the Russian and Ukraine border, and seek to resolve the current crisis through diplomatic channels.
Statement said that the call was designed to follow up in a written response to Russia on January 26 on Russia's proposal to Russia.Brinken said recently that the United States provides a path to solve the Ukrainian problem through diplomatic methods in writing, expressing concerns about "Russian actions harm the security of the United States and their allies and partners."
Lavrov asked the West to abide by an agreement reached in 1999 in the call, that is, no country can strengthen his safety at the expense of the interests of other countries.The Kremlin believes that this is the core of the Ukraine crisis.
The member states of the European Security and Cooperation Organization signed the European Security Charter in Istanbul in 1999, including the US and Canada.
Recently, Russia -Ukraine relations have accelerated, and the two sides have deployed a large number of military personnel and equipment in the border areas of the two countries.The United States, Ukraine, and NATO claim that Russia gathers heavy soldiers on the Russian border and may prepare to "invade" Ukraine.Russia denies this statement.
In December 2021, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on a security support dialogue with the United States and other Western countries, requiring the United States and NATO to exclude the possible legal guarantee for the further eastward expansion of NATO.In the same month, Russia submitted two draft security agreements to the United States and NATO, and asked the two to make a clear response.From January 10th to 13th this year, Russia had dialogue with the U.S. and NATO on the above -mentioned security protection suggestions, but did not achieve substantial results.On January 26, the United States and NATO formally submitted written answers to Russia on the proposal of security guarantee.
