Russia Revives Demands for NATO Rollback at Peace Talks – NYT
- On Thursday, Russia presented a position paper to U.S. envoys in Moscow reviving late-2021 demands that NATO pull back military presence to 1997 borders and ban further alliance enlargement.
- The unsigned Russian document demands an end to Western military assistance to Ukraine, restricts NATO nuclear-sharing arrangements, and conditions Ukraine's EU accession on exclusion from the bloc's common defense policy.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned the proposal in Dublin on Thursday, stating that accepting these conditions would pose "a direct threat to Poland's security" and remain unacceptable to European allies.
- Following two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, U.S. Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner informed Russian officials that circumstances have changed significantly since the 2021 proposals were first drafted.
- Settlement discussions are set to continue during the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, on November 18-19, where President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
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The positions of Moscow - which calls for NATO's withdrawal on the positions of 1997 - and the United States - that would talk to Zelensky about an entry of Ukraine into NATO - are irreconcilable. And Europe is cut off
Russia apparently demands far-reaching concessions from the West during the peace talks. Even Europe's nuclear powers should accept restrictions.
Russia is calling for an end to NATO's expansion in Europe and an end to its encirclement in a position paper that is considered "maximalist" and will hardly be accepted as it is. The post Russia wants NATO to withdraw from Poland and the Baltics to the limits of '97 - No to the "nuclear umbrella" appeared first on in.gr.
The NY Times Obtained a Copy of the Russian Demands. "Putin Wants to Return to the Borders of 1997."
THE UNCOMMITTED Russian position was outlined in a document shared by Russian officials this week, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times from a person involved in the negotiations.
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<p>Putin issued an ultimatum to the UK: it is about nuclear weapons and Ukraine - The Telegraph Russia included a demand not to use British nuclear weapons to protect other European states. The Kremlin also wants to stop Supply of Western arms to Ukraine</p>.
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