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Putin sent a clear message to Ukraine and rest of European nations from the United States that they must not make any attempts of provocation to Russia.
Alaska Summit: Putin sends message to Ukraine and European nations from the US (Reuters image)
As the meeting between the heads of two rival states concluded on Friday (local time), Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear that Moscow is interested in bringing the war in Ukraine to an end, but also highlighted the need to “eliminate all the primary roots of the conflict”.
He noted that the “agreement” reached during the Alaska summit with US President Donald Trump will help bring peace in Ukraine.
Trump and Putin held an over three-hour-long three-on-three meeting at a military base in Alaska on the Ukraine conflict, after which the two leaders addressed a joint press conference, where they made their remarks but left without taking questions from reporters.
Addressing the presser, Putin said that the situation prevalent in Ukraine poses “fundamental threats” to Russian security, apparently hinting at the calls for the expansion of the NATO military alliance to Ukraine.
“The situation in Ukraine has to do with fundamental threats to our security. We have always considered the Ukrainian nation a brotherly nation. Everything that’s happening is a tragedy for us. Therefore, the country is sincerely interested in putting an end to it. At the same time, we are convinced that in order to make the settlement lasting and long-term, we need to eliminate all the primary roots and causes of that conflict,” the Russian President said.
He said that there is a need to consider all the concerns of Russia and agreed that the security of Ukraine should be ensured as well.
“We have said it multiple times to consider all legitimate concerns of Russia and to reinstate just balance of security in Europe and in the world as a whole. President Trump said that the security of Ukraine should be ensured as well. We are prepared to welcome that. I hope that the agreement that we reached together will help us bring close to that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine,” he said.
Putin further said that he expected Kyiv and European countries to take his demands “constructively”.
“…They will not make any attempts to conduct provocations to torpedo the nation’s progress,” Putin said.
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