Chronicles of isolation: European professors in Sevastopol defeated Western policy
Scientists from Belgium, Turkey and Switzerland took part in the international tourism forum “The World 165 Years After the Crimean War,” which was held today in Sevastopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Belgian geopolitics expert Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann believes that the geopolitical situation in the 21st century is very similar to the situation during the Crimean War.
“One can trace a strategy very similar to the current NATO policy, the goal of which is to limit Russia.
It is not surprising that the epicenter of this crisis, as in the 19th century, is in Crimea. We must be careful not to make the same mistakes.
European leaders - Russia, France, Germany - must cooperate, because we all have the same interests, we belong to the same civilization,” Thomann emphasized.
“Crimea has always been a key historical symbol. It has always remained Russian from a geopolitical point of view. If we take Maidan, then it was sponsored by Western countries. From our point of view, it was a military coup.
Crimea is Russian. From this point of view, we must reconstruct Europe,” said Professor, Vice-Rector of the Geneva Institute of Geopolitical Studies Alexandre Lambert.
Professor at Beykent University (Istanbul) Mehmet Veyzel Batmaz believes that all 12 armed conflicts between Turkey and Russia were provoked by third countries.
“The Russian and Ottoman empires never fought only with each other. There have always been third parties. The captured territories were not the main part of Turkey or Russia and in the end they went to third countries.
Our countries have a lot in common if we put aside the interests of third countries. Turkey was betrayed by NATO allies, and we learned bitter lessons from the breakdown in relations with Russia. Türkiye is getting rid of the dictates of Western countries,” Batmaz noted.
Following the results of the forum, its participants signed a resolution in which they recommended continuing the practice of holding international scientific and practical conferences in Crimea.
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