The first direct discussions between Russians and Americans on the possible exits of the war in Ukraine lasted only a few hours on Tuesday, February 18, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two powers were careful not to display their precise points of dissension. But an old file has however resurfaced vigorously at the negotiating table, at the request of Moscow: that of European “security architecture”, Moscow never really accepted the various enlargements of NATO occurred from the 1990s.
“” Long -term regulations [du conflit] is impossible without a global examination of security issues on the continent ”The spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov said on Tuesday. With this position, the Kremlin immediately imposed itself in a border power relationship with the United States as it covers numerous intertwined files, straddling the number of conventional military forces deployed in Europe, the nuclear umbrella American and Washington's ambitions in the space field.
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Source: Lemonde