Putin’s emphasis on continuing relations with Iran/Moscow’s readiness to negotiate

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday evening in a press conference after his talks with Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus in Minsk, expressed hope that the development of cooperation with Iran will continue after the death of the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi. The country should continue.

In response to a journalist’s question about this, he pointed out that he does not expect any change in Iran’s foreign policy and added: In my opinion, after this unfortunate tragedy, it is unlikely that we will face a change in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean that the fundamental foundations of the political system in Iran are completely stable.” Made in Russia, and their flight was carried out in the same weather conditions, without any problems. He related that, according to him, he does not have the right to impose sanctions against helicopters, airplanes and other equipment for transporting people, but they have repeatedly witnessed the problems faced by the leaders of other countries in relation to these sanctions.

Putin: Russia has never rejected negotiations with Ukraine

Vladimir Putin announced in this press conference that Russia has never rejected negotiations with Ukraine. He said: “Regarding the negotiations, I have spoken about this many times and here in Minsk I want to emphasize it again: Russia has never rejected these negotiations, we have always been in favor of dialogue and we have not prohibited anyone from doing it.”

The Russian president continued: “Now we see that statements about the need to return to negotiations have been resumed. Well, let them come back, of course, not because one side wants it, but based on the basic agreements in the talks that have already taken place in Belarus and then Turkey, and based on today’s realities on the ground.”

At the same time, he emphasized that negotiations should be based on common sense and should not be resumed with an ultimatum.  According to him, it is also important for Russia to be sure that it is dealing with legal authorities in such a case. He added: “When resuming peace talks with Ukraine, we must be absolutely sure that we are dealing with the legitimate authorities of this country.” Ukraine is over

Vladimir Putin recalled that Russia relies on the fact that the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelenskyi, whose term of office on May 20 “I think that one of the goals of the conference that is going to be held in Switzerland (about Ukraine), precisely for the Western community and the financial backers of the current regime in Kiev, is to confirm the legitimacy of the current head of government so that he can The Russian leader also recommended that in order to answer the question of “Zelensky’s legitimacy”, one should refer to the Constitution of Ukraine, which shows the work of Institutions can be extended without election procedures and which institutions cannot count on this issue. In addition, the opinion of the Ukrainian people is important in this regard. 

p style=”text-align:justify”>Russia’s full adherence to its commitments in the field of nuclear weapons

Vladimir Putin in response to the question Another emphasized that Russia has fully fulfilled its obligations in the field of nuclear weapons and is not violating anything. He said: “We fully comply with all our obligations in the field of nuclear weapons, there is nothing here that we have violated, there is nothing unusual here compared to the actions of NATO member states.”

The Russian President mentioned that the North Atlantic Alliance regularly conducts exercises in this field. These maneuvers involve NATO member states that host US tactical nuclear weapons on their soil. So all this “happened as planned and is not unusual”. 

The West cannot stop the development of cooperation between Russia and Belarus

Pointing out that Western countries have a hostile view of Russia and Belarus, Putin added: The policy that the Western society has chosen in relation to Moscow and Minsk is unconditional hostility, an attempt to curb our development, and damage our sovereignty. Of course, none of them have worked for anyone so far and I am sure that no effort in this field will yield results.

He added: Russia and Belarus in this The field feels completely confident and they intend to continue to strengthen cooperation in the field of defense and security.

Alexander Lukashenko, in his turn, reminded that there are options for joint accountability with Putin. He has discussed the possible dangers and threats caused by the actions of the Westerners near the borders of the two countries. The President of Belarus added: 90% of the discussions in his meetings with Putin are devoted to security issues, and both countries pay a lot of attention to what is happening on the western borders and monitor the situation carefully.

In this regard, the Russian president also pointed to the reliable protection of the western borders of Russia and Belarus: a joint regional group of military forces is stationed on the territory of Belarus, modern Russian defense systems and nuclear weapons. Tactical – all of these cover the western borders of the united country and members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia takes the security of Belarus as seriously as its security and cooperation Moscow and Minsk will be strengthened in the defense sector in the future. According to him, Russia regularly conducts and will conduct exercises of strategic and non-strategic deterrence forces. These maneuvers have been carried out as planned and Moscow and Minsk are conducting such joint exercises to ensure coordination and not to escalate tensions.

The leaders of Russia and Belarus held detailed talks in Minsk on Friday in a limited format and discussed issues related to the security of the united country and the economy. This meeting lasted more than two hours.

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