Follow-Up: Ushakov Says Russia Is Ready to Begin Work With the US Immediately on a New European Security Architecture, Reviving Its 2021 Principles
The Kremlin on the evening of November 12 published Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov's commentary following President Vladimir Putin's meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Ushakov said Putin had once again supported the American proposal to resolve security issues for both Russia and Ukraine as part of shaping a future post-conflict system of European security, and that Russia hoped European countries would also support efforts to agree on the parameters of a new, long-term architecture of indivisible security and peace, 'a process we are ready to begin immediately, in tandem with our American counterparts.'
Ushakov recalled the pillars Russia presented in 2021 in draft agreements with the United States and NATO on security guarantees: non-expansion of NATO, non-deployment of threatening weapons systems near Russia's borders, and a return to the configuration of the alliance's forces as it stood when the Russia-NATO Founding Act was signed. The list, he said, is not limited to those points, and Russia would add new considerations drawn from the present situation. He criticised European governments for pressing to join the negotiations while promoting the deployment of foreign contingents from the 'coalition of the willing' in Ukraine after the conflict, calling that 'precisely the recipe for an endless war,' and said Europeans must decide whether they want peace or the continuation of the war.
On the talks themselves, Ushakov said the two American negotiators had given a detailed account of the trilateral contacts held in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11, which both sides regarded as constructive. A further prisoner-exchange initiative discussed in Abu Dhabi would likely be the largest to date, with parameters being finalised; since 2025 there have been 35 exchanges involving about 5,000 people on each side. On the proposed humanitarian initiative in Konstantinovka, in the so-called 'grey zone,' he said Russia was ready to begin demining immediately and would invite journalists from Ukraine, Europe and the United States to observe. The American negotiators had departed Moscow for Dublin.
(Source: The Kremlin)
Source: The Kremlin
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