Putin: The West’s attempt to contain Russia has failed

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the West’s efforts to contain and isolate his country have failed. On the eve of his visit to Pyongyang, in an article for North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the text of which was published this morning by the Kremlin’s press office, he recalled that the United States and its allies are trying to impose a strategic defeat on Russia, as well as a long “The United States and its satellites openly declare that their goal is to impose a strategic defeat on Russia,” he wrote. “They are doing everything to prolong and inflame the conflict in Ukraine, which they themselves provoked by supporting and organizing the armed coup in Kiev in 2014 and then (the start of military operations against the people of Donbas), to achieve this goal.”

He added: “Our opponents continue to provide financing, weapons and intelligence to the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev and have even allowed the armed forces of Ukraine to be openly deprived of weapons and equipment.” Western countries are threatening to send their military forces to Ukraine as well. At the same time, they are trying to put pressure on our economy with new sanctions and increase political and social tensions inside the country. Of course, no matter how hard they tried, all their efforts to contain and isolate Russia have failed and will fail.” Putin emphasized that Russia is successfully It is to increase its economic potential, and the industry, technology and infrastructure sectors are developing in this country, and Russia’s science, education and culture are also advanced fields.

Putin He also noted that the United States is trying hard to impose its so-called rules-based order on the world, which is basically nothing more than a “global neo-colonial dictatorship” based on double standards.

The President of Russia added: The leadership of the United States considers any kind of natural and legitimate desire of other countries for autonomy and independence as a threat to its dominance in the world. It is gratifying that our friends in North Korea – despite years of economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and US military threats – are as effective in defending their interests.

According to him, Russia is and will be receptive to equal discussions on all issues of any complexity. Putin wrote: I recently spoke about this again in a meeting with Russian diplomats and reminded them of my readiness to negotiate a solution to the situation in Ukraine, although the West has repeatedly rejected all Russian efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully.

Active development of multilateral cooperation between Russia and North Korea

Vladimir Putin, referring to the fact that Pyongyang has always been and is a supporter of Russia in the field of the formation of a multipolar world order based on justice, mutual respect for sovereignty and consideration of each other’s interests, He stressed the effective defense of the interests of North Korea, which has long been under “economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and military threats from the United States”.

In addition This, the Russian President emphasized, Moscow is ready to develop close interaction between the two countries in relation to the creation of trade mechanisms and mutual exchanges that are not controlled by the West, the development of scientific cooperation between universities and the increase of tourism, and he is fully confident that through The joint efforts of Moscow and Pyongyang can bring bilateral interaction to a higher level.

Kremlin’s explanation of Putin’s visit to North Korea and Vietnam

Yuri Ushakov, adviser to the Russian president, announced last night that Vladimir Putin visited North Korea on June 18 and 19 (Tuesday-Wednesday) and then on June 19 and 20 (Wednesday and Thursday) will travel to Vietnam.

According to this Kremlin official, at the end of Putin’s first bilateral and then extensive talks with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, Various cooperation documents will be signed and the leaders of the two countries are also scheduled to speak to mass media. 

Ushakov added that the Russian President will arrive in Hanoi on Wednesday evening, where he will meet with the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the President, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the National Assembly. The country will meet and discuss. According to him, during this trip, many cooperation documents will be signed between Moscow and Hanoi, which is about 20 cooperation documents in total. 

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