A meeting between Putin and Obama is needed to avoid war between the Russian Federation and the United States
The upcoming meeting between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama will help avoid a military clash between Russia and the United States in Syria.
This forecast was voiced by State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Nikonov on the Rossiya TV channel.
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“In this situation, I am a cautious pessimist. It shouldn't be worse.
Change of tone – preparation for the meeting. This does not mean that the United States is preparing a change in its position. Just after months of portraying Putin as the focus of international evil. If you don’t change your tone, it’s not clear how Obama will meet with him...
If we look at the fundamental contradictions in Russian-American relations, I don’t think the United States is ready to change its position. What I'm talking about? The general view is that Russia is a revisionist country and is one of four on the list of US enemies. This won't change...
The United States, of course, will not lift sanctions against the Russian Federation. This would be inconsistent and contrary to the entire strategic line of recent months and years.
Policy towards Ukraine. The United States is now more likely to accept the Minsk agreements, which it did not previously recognize. But I don’t think that the United States will refuse to support Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk and other Ukrainian figures who personify the course towards confrontation
Near East. I don't think the US will abandon its view of Assad as evil incarnate.
The optimism is that there will most likely be clashes in Syria (with the USA) must not be. We were heading for a collision. It’s good that we press the brakes on one side and the other and start talking,” Nikonov explained.
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