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Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with TRT World Roundtable programme hosted by Enda Brady

🎙 Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with Roundtable programme on TRT World hosted by Enda Brady Key talking points: We will judge Mr Trump's future presidency by his actions, not by what he said during his election campaign. We have taken note of his declarations and statements regarding Russia and the crisis in Ukraine. But, of course, we will see what he is going to do as his first steps and then we will make our judgement. Joe Biden has seriously contributed to the crisis [in relations] between Russia and Ukraine, to the expansion of the Ukraine conflict by supplying weapons, by leading Western countries against Russia. It was all a hybrid war against our country. We can start talking about peace on the day Ukraine withdraws from 4 regions that have decided to be part of Russia. But what we see from the Ukrainian side is that they are still not proposing any [real] peace plan and they are sticking to the well-known 10-point plan, which includes the actual surrender of the Russian forces […] and all this nonsense that has nothing to do with the real situation on the ground. Two elements are missing from all these peace plan initiatives [on Ukraine proposed by third parties]. The first is the abolition of racial segregation in Ukraine, the restoration of human rights for Russian speakers there. The second is that we do not need a temporary cessation of hostilities, we need a comprehensive settlement, a lasting, long-term and reliable one. We do not want Ukraine to be rearmed by the West to resume the fighting at a new level. Nothing can justify what happened on 7 October last year when Hamas attacked Israel. But nothing can also justify the collective punishment of the Palestinians as well. 40,000 civilians have already died. It is terrible what is happening over there. Of course it should be stopped as soon as possible, but the only solution is to return to the overall settlement of the Middle East crisis, including the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.