But always ready to respond, Putin: does not want direct conflict with NATO Russia | NATO | Putin
On July 29th, Russian President Putin stated that Russia is ready to respond to any situation regarding the possibility of direct confrontation between Russian and NATO forces. Russia does not want direct conflict with NATO, but if anyone wants it, Russia is also prepared.
According to previous reports by Russian media, Western media have disclosed NATO's action plan to combat Russia, which includes increasing the number of rapid response forces to 300000. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg called it the largest defense plan since the Cold War, with over 4000 pages. It is mentioned that the NATO Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces in Europe can make partial decisions independently without the need for additional consultation with NATO.
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Putin: Russia has never refused to engage in peace negotiations on the Ukraine issue
Saint Petersburg, July 30 (Xinhua) - Russian President Putin stated on the evening of the 29th in St. Petersburg that Russia has never refused to engage in peace negotiations on the Ukraine issue.
The second Russia Africa Summit was held in St. Petersburg from the 27th to the 28th. Putin said at a press conference held after the meeting on the 29th that Ukraine has issued a law prohibiting negotiations with the Russian side, but the Russian side does not refuse negotiations, and both sides must reach a consensus before negotiations can begin.
Putin made positive comments on the peace plan proposed by African countries to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and believed that this plan was absolutely from a friendly position to sincerely seek ways to end the conflict and opportunities to ease the situation. This plan can form the basis for peace talks together with proposals from other parties to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Putin also stated that some of these suggestions are being implemented, including exchanging detained individuals and resolving humanitarian crises. At the same time, some provisions of these suggestions are difficult to implement, especially regarding the ceasefire proposal. Ukraine is conducting a large-scale attack, so Russia cannot cease fire.
In June this year, the African peace delegation visited Ukraine and Russia successively, and put forward a peace plan on the ten point position for resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the need to end the war through negotiations and diplomatic means, and the downgrade of the conflict by both sides. The African peace delegation composed of African leaders and envoys from South Africa and other African countries visited Russia again on the occasion of the second Russia Africa Summit to continue to mediate on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.