Putin’s usual press conference about the results of 2023

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, today, Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called what is currently happening in the Gaza Strip a disaster in his usual big press conference and direct contact with the people called “Results of the Year”. It turned out that the crisis in this region is worse than Ukraine. He added: “Look at the special military operations in Ukraine and what is happening in Gaza, feel the difference. There are no such scenes in Ukraine. The Secretary General of the United Nations rightly called the Gaza Strip the largest children’s cemetery in the world, and this assessment speaks volumes.” Putin emphasized that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in The resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict plays an important role. In response to a Turkish reporter’s question about the situation in Gaza, he said: I would like to point out the important and progressive role of President Erdogan in resolving the situation in Gaza. Certainly, he is one of the leaders of the international community that pays special attention to this disaster and does everything to change the situation for the better and create the conditions for long-term peace.

The Russian president also emphasized that the United Nations was created to achieve consensus among countries, without which no decision can be made. According to him, it is necessary to preserve the existing mechanisms in the United Nations, otherwise this organization will become a “talking center”. This does not mean that consensus cannot and should not be sought. Of course, you should try to reach an agreement. Like Turkey, we also believe in the fact that the decisions of the United Nations regarding the formation of a Palestinian state with a capital in Jerusalem should be realized. This is a very important issue. It is necessary to provide basic issues for the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Putin mentioned that he is in constant contact with Erdogan in this regard and their positions are very similar. Is. He added: “I think we can meet him, I really plan for this meeting. This is what I had planned before, but President Erdoğan’s schedule changed, although I was ready to fly to Turkey. This happens. “Maybe at the beginning of next year, we will manage to have a meeting.” He said that he had discussed the opening of a hospital in Rafah with the leaders of the UAE and Egypt, but the Israeli side considered it an unsafe move. “This does not mean that we will stop our efforts,” Putin concluded. We will agree with the Israeli authorities and increase the supply of medical equipment and medicine to Gaza. Of course we will. We are in contact with all relevant parties in the situation and we will continue to work.”

Vladimir Putin emphasized the prospect of normalizing bilateral talks between Russia and the United States: “Moscow is ready to establish relations with Washington, we believe that the United States is an important and necessary country.” He added that Russia, in turn, is ready to restore full relations with the United States, but first, fundamental conditions must be created for this. When some fundamental internal changes occur [in the United States] and they start respecting other people, other countries, then they will seek compromise and not try to solve their problems with the help of sanctions and military measures. In that case, basic conditions will be provided for the restoration of full-fledged relations, such conditions do not exist yet, of course, we are ready for this.

Another question reminded that it was not Moscow that destroyed relations with Europe, but European countries did it in relation to Russia and ignored its interests. He said: “The normalization of relations [with Europe] does not depend only on us. We did not destroy these relationships. It was relations with us that were destroyed, they tried to drag us to a place in the background of issues and the third rank and ignored our interests.” Putin also announced that according to the information he received yesterday evening, the armed forces Russia has destroyed 747 tanks delivered from Western countries and almost 2.3 thousand different armored vehicles since the beginning of the counterattack of the Ukrainian army.

Putin stressed that the issue of de-Nazification of Ukraine is still relevant. He said: “The situation where the president of Ukraine stands in front of the eyes of the whole world and applauds and admires a former SS soldier who directly participated in the extermination of one and a half million Jews in Ukraine, Russia and Poland, is a manifestation of It’s not Nazism, so what is it? Therefore, the discussion of de-Nazification of Ukraine is relevant and a right action.”

He recalled that during the Istanbul talks, certain parameters were agreed upon for the demilitarization of Ukraine, but later These agreements were “thrown into the oven”.

617 thousand people are in the war zone of the Northern Military Region

The President of Russia also reminded that the length of the contact line of the battle front is more than 2 thousand kilometers and currently 617 thousand people [in the composition of military groups] are present in the military operation zone. He added that the situation of paying fighters participating in the Donbass special operation area is improving, although there may be problems in providing the necessary equipment for the armed forces.

Putin called Odessa a Russian city

Vladimir Putin He announced in his press conference that Odessa is a Russian city and everyone knows this. He emphasized that the entire southeastern regions of Ukraine have always been pro-Russian and these regions were the historical lands of Russia. According to him, the fact is well understood in Turkey that the entire Black Sea region has reached the Russian side as a result of the Russian-Ottoman wars. Ukraine has nothing to do with this issue. Neither Crimea nor the entire Black Sea region as a whole belongs to Ukraine.

Putin: West by limiting Russia’s ability to use the dollar, “to shoots itself in the foot”

Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia will not abandon the use of dollars in its international payments, although there are problems in this field for This country was created. He added: “But we will not give up, Western countries created problems for our foreign currency payments, and they are shooting themselves in the foot with this.” Because they reduce the position of the dollar and the euro as global currencies and global reserves.

Putin noted that in 2021, 87% of export payments will be in foreign currencies. was carried out, while in September 2023 the share of the ruble decreased to 40%, the yuan – 33%, and the combined use of the dollar and the euro decreased to 24%. The president said: “Why did the West do this?” I repeat, they shot themselves in the foot. Did it turn out bad for us? no really. The more we use our national currency, the better, and it will increase our sovereignty and capabilities.” href=”https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/currency” target=”_blank”>The exchange rate is floating and depends on economic factors such as the price of export goods and the growth of domestic demand.

He added that the situation of the ruble rate is normalizing, the situation of the financial market has stabilized and the government is achieving this goal.

Putin called the level of cooperation between Russia and China unprecedented

Vladimir Putin announced at the press conference today that the level Cooperation between Russia and China has increased unprecedentedly. According to him, trade exchanges between the two countries are expected to reach 200 billion dollars next year. According to him, the relations between the two countries are “one of the basic guarantees of stability in the world”.

Russia is witnessing the West’s efforts to expand NATO’s activity in Asia The Russian president also announced that Moscow sees the West’s efforts to transfer NATO activities to the Asian continent. He added: “We see what is happening around Russia and around China. We are witnessing efforts from the West to divert NATO’s activities towards Asia, which is clearly beyond the scope of the organization’s charter goals. What is the North Atlantic bloc doing in the Asian region?”

According to him, NATO is creating new military-political blocs with different compositions, while Russia and China does not do such a thing. Despite the development of bilateral cooperation in all military, economic and humanitarian fields, the Russian Federation and China have not created any bloc, their friendship is not against any third party and is only for the benefit of the two countries.

Putin: Many people in Europe and the United States support Russia’s actions

Vladimir Putin recalled in response to a question While many in the West criticize Russia’s actions in Ukraine and the president himself, Russia has many supporters both in Europe and the United States. He said: I know that not only in German cities, but also in many European and American cities, people believe that what we are doing is right and we are not afraid to defend our national interests.

According to him, Russia has a large number of supporters in the world for the protection of traditional values, and after the events of the last one or two years, the number of these people has multiplied and is increasing exponentially.

Expressing hope to find a solution to the exchange of prisoners between Russia and America

Vladimir In response to a question about this, Putin said: Russia hopes to find a solution to the issue of the exchange of Ivan Gershkovich, a correspondent of the Wall Street Journal in Moscow, and the American Paul Whelan. He reminded: We have a desire to reach an agreement on this matter and these agreements should be acceptable and suitable for both parties. We have contacts with our American partners in this regard, the conversation continues in this regard. Of course, these negotiations are not easy, but in general we speak in a language that is understandable to each other. Humanitarianism should be the basis of such decisions. Of course, the American side should also listen to Russia and make an appropriate decision. He added: “You said that [Greshkovic] is in prison “without trial” and mentioned that his detention has been extended. But you should note that his detention was extended by the decision of the court, so it is incorrect to say that this was done without a trial. He spoke well with Macron

The Russian president said he has a good working relationship with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. Vladimir Putin added: “We had a good and friendly working relationship. I was in France and Mr. Macron came to Russia. We have always had a busy agenda regarding bilateral relations and international issues. We are ready to continue the interaction, but at some point the French president stopped relations with us. We didn’t stop it, he stopped the calls.” He does not shy away from calls. In the end, he said: But if the European countries, especially the French president, do not want to communicate with us, no one will prosecute them. We do our work. But if there is interest, we are ready.

Putin believes that nationalism has really increased in the world

The Russian president believes that nationalism has really increased in the world. Vladimir Putin explained: The latest research has shown that 96% of Russian citizens consider interfaith agreement to be a very important advantage compared to other parts of the world. He reminded that the current increase in Islamophobia and anti-Semitism is the reaction of the people to the injustice in the society. According to him, the situation in the Gaza Strip has intensified such feelings.

Putin, among other things, called Russophobia one of the symptoms of the fight against Russia. He added: “Yes, this problem exists in the world. “We must do everything within ourselves to ensure that this does not happen in our country, and we must thwart any attempt to shake society from within, and that is what we will do.”

align:justify”> In response to another question, the President of Russia reminded that the possible withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization will hardly benefit Armenia, but if the authorities of this country decide to do so, It will be their own choice.

He added: “This is a complex internal political process. But I don’t think it is in Armenia’s interest to end its membership in these regional alliances. Of course, in the end, this is the choice of Yerevan officials. Regarding the absence of the Prime Minister of Armenia [Nikol Pashinyan] from collective events, I must say that this is due to some internal events in Armenia and has nothing to do with the desire or unwillingness to continue working in these alliances. Of course, we have to see how the situation will develop in the future.”

Putin emphasized that a difficult process regarding Nagorno-Karabakh is underway in Armenia. But it was not Russia, but Armenia itself that decided to abandon Karabakh and recognize it as a part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. “They did it themselves, and we were not specifically informed about how to prepare to make such a decision,” he said. This is an obvious fact, of course there are pros and cons to this decision and this is what happened. My original

Vladimir Putin said: “I have said this many times – for a country like Russia, it is impossible to exist without sovereignty, it simply will not exist At least as it exists today. The main point is to strengthen governance. Of course, this is a very broad concept.”

The President of Russia explained that strengthening foreign sovereignty means strengthening the country’s defense capability, foreign security, strengthening public sovereignty, guaranteeing rights and the freedoms of citizens, the development of the Russian political system, the guarantee of security in the economic sphere and technological sovereignty.

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