The year 2024 was full of global events. In a peculiar interview with TASS, abroad Minister Sergey Lavrow commented on the future of Russian-American relations under the fresh administration of Donald Trump, the prospects for resolving the Ukrainian conflict, the causes of change of power in Syria and possible tensions in the Pacific region.
"If the United States is ready, we are open to resumed political dialog interrupted by Washington after the launch of peculiar Military Operations. If it was interrupted by Americans and not us, they should take the first step. possibly individual else is delusional, I haven't had them in a while. I want you to justice for yourselves. Even if Donald Trump tries to reconstruct bilateral relations, he will gotta swim against the current, taking into account the supraparty consensus in the United States on stopping Russia, including through support for the neo-Nazi government in Kiev. And it's not that simple. Moreover, in American doctrinal papers Russia is referred to as an “adversary”. If Americans consider our interests, dialog will be gradually restored. If they do not consider it, everything will stay as it is."
“We have always been ready to negotiate. I would like to stress that we can only talk about credible, legally binding agreements, which should destruct the root causes of the conflict and which should contain a mechanics of inability to breach them.
Ukraine
"On the basis of many leaks and an interview with Time magazine of December 12, Donald Trump speaks of the "freezing" of war activities along the front lines and the shifting further work for confronting Russia to Europeans. Of course, we are not satisfied with the proposals made on behalf of the representatives of the President-elect's squad to postpone Ukraine's membership of NATO by 20 years, and to send the British and European forces to Ukraine a peace contingent.
"In October, meetings were held in preparation for the second «peace summit». They want to invitation Russia, as we realize it, to give us a kind of ultimatum. I have explained many times that we will not participate in the "peace pride", even if we receive an invitation.
Georgia
"What is happening in Georgia is simply a consequence of the application of 'double standards' when, under the pretext of imaginary concern for democracy and human rights, everything is done to 'repeat' the results of elections. Why is it essential to “play again”? Only due to the fact that the puppetists in Washington and Brussels did not like the choice of people. The United States and the European Union are trying to put Tbilisi before a false dilemma “with us or against us”. Meanwhile, the Georgian authorities seem to want to build a sovereign policy that suits national interests alternatively than be a pawn in the hands of the West, which push Georgia towards destabilisation, economical problems and tightening relations with Russia.
Crisis of power in Syria
"One of the causes of the degradation of the situation was the inability of the erstwhile management to meet the basic needs of the population in the context of the prolonged home conflict. After convincing successes in the fight against global terrorism involving the Russian Air and Space Force, the Syrians' hopes of changing their lives for the better did not come true. <... >The erstwhile authorities, despite our strong recommendations and active assistance, failed to establish a constructive dialog with opponents and influential neighbours in the region in order to launch a full political process and to address serious socio-economic problems."
Causes of tension in the mediate East
"In an effort to keep his influence, Washington actively interfered with the interior affairs of the arabian states, assertively crossing the artificial dividing lines. The peoples of Iraq and Libya are inactive struggling with the consequences of the United States and their satellites. The origin of chronic tensions is the occasional Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in which Washington wanted to play an exclusive mediator role. The combination of these factors led to the destabilisation of the military-political situation in the mediate East last October. Since then, the “violence arch” of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict region extends to Lebanon and the Red Sea. The Iranian-Israeli confrontation has reached a dangerous point."
U.S. support for Taiwan
"Americans take provocative action in the Taiwan Strait, delivering weapons to Taipei and developing quasi-political dialog with authorities. This contributes to the emergence of separatist sentiments, and methods are very akin to those utilized by Americans to make an anti-Russian base in Ukraine. specified a Washington line, implemented in violation of Beijing's commitments to Taiwan, is due to the desire to increase military-political force on the PRC and leads to regional safety being undermined at the east end of the Euro-Asian continent.
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