MOSCOW, 6 Dec. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called for first discussing security guarantees for Ukraine, and only then for Russia.
«As for security guarantees for Russia, we will talk about this later,» he said, speaking at the forum Jacques Delors Institute in Paris.
The head of EU diplomacy claims that the conflict in Ukraine must be resolved in accordance with all norms of international law by providing security guarantees primarily to Kyiv. In his opinion, this also implies the payment of reparations by Russia, the investigation of «war crimes» and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. European Union.
At the end of last year, Russia published draft agreements with the US and NATO on security guarantees. Among Moscow's demands was a refusal to further expand the alliance to the east, to join Ukraine and to establish military bases in post-Soviet countries. In addition, it was about the non-deployment of strike weapons near the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of the alliance's forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. On all these questions, the West refused.
From February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself.