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West sabotaged Ukraine peace deal with Russia, admit Zelensky official and Germany's ex leader
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/03/west-sabotaged-ukraine-peace-russia/
Russia wanted to sign a peace deal with Ukraine in March 2022, but NATO countries sabotaged it, according to Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the parliamentary faction leader of Zelensky’s political party, Davyd Arakhamia.
By Ben Norton 2023-12-03
The US government has sought to prevent peace in Gaza, vetoing resolutions in the UN Security Council that call for a ceasefire, while sending weapons to Israel to help it bomb densely populated civilian areas, contributing to the killing of more than 15,000 Palestinians, approximately 70% of whom are women and children.
Since 2022, Washington has done exactly the same in Ukraine, torpedoing peace proposals that Russia had supported.
This has been confirmed by numerous sources, including the former leader of Germany and a top Ukrainian official, as well as Israel’s ex prime minister.
Germany’s former leader says US sabotaged Russia-Ukraine peace talks
This October, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder explained in an interview how he had tried to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia in 2022.
Ukraine’s overtly anti-Russian newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported on his bombshell remarks.
Moscow had a concrete peace plan laid out, according to Schröder. It was based on five points: “Ukraine’s rejection of NATO membership, two official languages in Ukraine, Donbas autonomy, security guarantees for Ukraine, and negotiations on the status of Crimea”, Ukrainska Pravda wrote.
But the former German leader said the United States sabotaged the peace talks.
“The only people who could resolve the war over Ukraine are the Americans”, Schröder emphasized.
“During the peace talks in March 2022 in Istanbul with [Ukraine’s Defense Minister] Rustem Umierov, Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not allowed to. They had to coordinate everything they talked about with the Americans first”, he recalled.
“However, nothing eventually happened. My impression is that nothing could happen because everything else was decided in Washington. It was fatal”, Schröder added.
The former German head of state likewise warned that Russia will never accept NATO expansion into Ukraine and Georgia.
“Regardless of who is in power, there is a belief in Russia that the West wants to expand further with NATO, namely into the post-Soviet area. Keywords: Georgia and Ukraine. No one at the head of Russia will allow this to happen. This danger analysis may be emotional, but it is real for Russia. The West must understand this and compromise accordingly; otherwise, peace will be tough to achieve”, Schröder stressed, in the comments quoted by Ukrainska Pravda..
Top Ukrainian official says West opposed peace deal with Russia
The former German chancellor’s observations were further bolstered by the remarks of a top Ukrainian official.
In November, Davyd Arakhamia sat down for an interview with Ukraine’s TV channel 1+1. Arakhamia is the parliamentary faction leader of the political party of Ukraine’s Western-backed President Volydmyr Zelensky.
This interview was also reported on by Ukraine’s vehemently anti-Russian newspaper Ukrainska Pravda.
Arakhamia represented Ukraine in the peace talks with Russia in Türkiye in March 2022.
At those negotiations, Arakhamia admitted that Russia did indeed want peace, and neutrality “was the most important thing for them”.
“They [the Russians] were prepared to end the war if we agreed to – as Finland once did – neutrality, and committed that we would not join NATO”, the top Ukrainian official said, according to a translation by Ukrainska Pravda.
“They really hoped almost to the last moment that they would force us to sign such an agreement so that we would take neutrality”, he added.
But Ukraine’s Western sponsors were adamantly opposed to the peace proposal.
“When we returned from Istanbul, [British Prime Minister] Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them at all, and let’s just fight”, Arakhamia recalled.
Israel’s ex PM says US killed Ukraine peace deal
These important testimonies from Germany’s former leader and a top Ukrainian official both echo an admission made by Israel’s former prime minister.
Israel’s ex Prime Minister Naftali Bennett explained in a February 2023 interview how he had been a mediator between Ukraine and Russia the year before.
“Anything I did was coordinated down to the last detail with the US, Germany, and France”, Bennett said. And “there was a legitimate decision by the West to keep striking Putin”.
Referring to the NATO bloc’s response to the peace proposal, the interviewer asked, “So they blocked it?”
Bennett replied, “Basically, yes. They blocked it, and I thought they’re wrong”.
I wrote several feature articles for the Saker blog when it was the go-to site for understanding Ukraine:
https://thesaker.is/tag/eric-arthur-blair/
My article on the “UN-Russia war” outlined the short, medium and long term motives of the principal parties.
I wrote a “summary of my summary” in the comments section.
JJ, thank you for your links proving the global hegemonic agenda of the USA
OUN-Russia war, not
UN-Russia war.
Damned auto-correct!
eg the Ukraine Neonazi Fascist state post Maidan.
All else are autocratic dictatorships.
The worst autocratic dictator of all is Xi, followed closely by Putin, then the heads of Iran, N Korea, Cuba, Venezuela etc.
Juan Guaido for President of China anyone?
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There is compelling evidence that the USA will lose in any confrontation with China over Taiwan. Multiple simulations have been run by the Pentagon, and the US loses every time in every scenario remotely based on reality. Here is one of the most elaborate war games conducted in October 2020:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-military-changing-strategy-after-losing-simulated-war-with-china-b1894062.html
More simply put: the USA was defeated by Vietnamese in sandals carrying AK 47s, the USA was defeated by Afghans in sandals carrying AK 47s. Yet it hopes to win against Chinese with hypersonic missiles? Get a grip, morons.Cure E Us2023-12-10 at 20:51
RE: “The only people who could resolve the war over Ukraine are the Americans”, Schröder emphasized.
It should be clear that the United States has very little to offer the world – other than incessant threats, chaos and war. Here’s another example if you are not convinced:
On December eighth, 2023, a date which will live in world infamy, the United States deliberately and autocratically vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The UN Security Council resolution garnered nearly a hundred co-sponsors from the UN’s 193 members. The resolution was brought before the Security Council for immediate consideration over “threats to international peace and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza”.
The United States now stands alone – by blocking the resolution with a dastardly veto – in supporting Israel’s campaign making Gaza uninhabitable.
2023-12-08 at 05:05
If the US can’t beat Russia in Ukraine it will not be able to beat China in Asia. I have no proof of this, but there is proof and pattern in history. Washington in theory could avoid war with Moscow: but cannot avoid it with Beijing. Like all empires in history America does not see the pattern of history. This is one imperial conflict everyone needs to avoid.
https://patternofhistory.wordpress.com/023-12-05 at 12:07
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What in the hell happened to the U.S. that prevents it (dynastic money, billionaire class, corporate America, etc.) from cooperating and negotiating with others? Does the intoxication of money, power, and ideology hold such a sway that humanity and prudence are shanghaied?
Can’t we do better than demagogue-pseudologue-monologue Donald and Senator-credit-card-debt-servitude Joe? Only in the USA do the hypocrite pro-lifer’s send young adults to (die) for corporate American wars, and then all you hear is the spurious: thank you for your service! And pro-choice? The billionaire class fears you may want to (choose) socialism, self-determination, or anything but predator capitalism.
It’s too late. The U.S. is in full flagging mode (The United Holding Company of America lost its way and its mind).
peter mcloughlin
Eric Arthur Blair
2023-12-20 at 14:39