Most believe that this dialogue will be counterproductive, but there are also supporters.
NATO countries are divided on whether to continue a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve the situation in Ukraine.
France and Germany, as well as Hungary and Italy, want to continue a dialogue that they believe could help cease fire and help withdraw Russian troops, Bloomberg reports.
“While Russia has burned all bridges of cooperation in the foreseeable future, the German government sees the possibility that the Non-Aggression Fundamental Act and its guidelines will still be needed,” the paper said.
Other NATO members say the dialogue between Paris and Berlin with the Kremlin is counterproductive and could play into Putin's hands. For example, Britain, Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries, with the exception of Hungary, are skeptical that the Russian president takes the talks seriously.
“At the NATO summit, Polish President Andrzej Duda asked other leaders if they believed that negotiations on Putin's terms could be successful and acceptable. Whoever supports these conditions supports Russia, Duda was quoted as saying by one of those present during the conversation.” – the edition notes.
At the same time, another diplomat from an Eastern European country noted that negotiators with Putin often “do it only for the purpose of their campaign” inside the country.
Two other high-ranking diplomats told Bloomberg that they were concerned that Macron could push Zelensky to agree to neutrality on Russian terms in exchange for a ceasefire.
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Recall that on Saturday, March 26, US President Joe Biden, speaking in Warsaw, stressed that the culprit in everything that is happening in Ukraine today is the president of the aggressor country, Vladimir Putin, and added that he must not remain in power.
At the same time, the next day, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken assured that the words of US President Joe Biden that the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin “can not stay in power”. meant that “Putin simply cannot be empowered to wage war.”
On the same day, French President Emmanuel Macron said that “it is necessary to abandon the escalation of words and actions” in relations with Putin, and criticized Biden, who called Putin a butcher.
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