Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said the conditions for a political settlement in Ukraine were well known. In an interview with Iranian state broadcasting, he said they had first been outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with senior Foreign Ministry officials.
Medvedev said Ukraine would have to adopt a neutral, non-nuclear and independent status, abandon its nationalist political course and end its ban on everything Russian. He also said that matters enshrined in Russia’s Constitution would have to come under Russian jurisdiction, including lands in Donbass and other new regions. In his words, this would mean restoring Russian sovereignty over those territories.
Medvedev said fulfilling these conditions could provide the foundation for a diplomatic settlement. If that did not happen, he warned, Russia would achieve its aims militarily.
He said Europe’s view of Russia as a threat showed that Russia was a power that had to be reckoned with. Medvedev stressed that Moscow did not threaten Europe or the West and wanted calm relations, cooperation and normal dialogue.
He argued that European countries were using the supposed “Russian threat” to manipulate public opinion, win votes in elections and direct money into military budgets. He said Europe had itself destroyed cooperation with Russia through sanctions and its rejection of engagement. Medvedev said more than 33,000 sanctions had been imposed on Russia—almost as many as on Iran—and called for Moscow and Tehran to develop financial-cooperation arrangements.
Medvedev described the security situation in the Middle East as extremely poor. He said the conflict had prompted many more countries to consider obtaining nuclear weapons. He called US policy in the region reckless and argued that attempts to forcibly change Iran’s political system and remove it from an active role had produced the opposite effect.
The Russian politician said Iran played a key role in security in the Strait of Hormuz because of its geography and international law. In his view, Tehran had responded effectively to threats from Washington, including through its ability to influence shipping through the strait.
Medvedev identified movement toward a multipolar world as the main lesson of the Middle East conflict. He said countries were tired of unipolar decisions and of the imposition of a “rules-based order” that, in his view, represented the order of Western states. The positions of all countries, rather than only one player, should be taken into account, he said.
Medvedev described relations between Russia and Iran as having reached unprecedented heights. He said the two countries were developing joint defense activities and attached great importance to them.
Source: tass.com
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