This was the third meeting with the ambassadors representing the Global Majority to discuss Ukraine and issues arising from the hybrid war waged against Russia by the hands of the Ukrainian regime, a war that has been plotted by the West for many years now. We are now observing its impact on various aspects of international life and global security. This is one central crisis among others that everyone is concerned about.
We discussed the situation in and around Gaza. Many ambassadors noted the parallels. We reiterated our position where we condemned the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 and the untenable methods Israel is using now. In fact, Tel Aviv has resorted to collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Our stance is well known. We have expressed it, including in the presence of the Ambassador of Israel, who understands and has reiterated the importance of respecting the provisions of international humanitarian law. I hope this position will come to the Israeli military’s ears as well.
With regard to Ukraine, we covered in detail the specific plans hatched by the West to embroil as many countries from the Global South and the Global East (the Global Majority) as possible into the scheme that promotes the 10-point Zelensky peace formula. This scheme is widely known and it is effectively an ultimatum that forces Russia to surrender, capitulate, and retreat to the borders of 1991. Recently, Mr Zelensky “kindly suggested” that “we start” with the borders as of February 2022. It doesn’t hurt to dream of things. Also, the formula demands to put the Russian leadership on trial, force them to pay compensations and limit their ability to defend their territory.
In addition to this ultimatum, the Zelensky formula contains other seemingly harmless sections such as food, energy and nuclear security, prisoner exchange, and humanitarian issues. Several meetings in the Copenhagen format have already taken place. Now Switzerland, at Ukraine’s request, is convening a two-part “peace conference.” It is planned to use the first one (the Swiss want to convene it before the summer) to finalise the proposals that must be adopted to establish peace (as they claim). They are luring in participants (their goal is to bring in 140 delegations) in a primitive and fraudulent manner.
Not long ago, publicly and without mincing words, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba laid out their plan to lure in the participants of the “peace formula.” Here is what he had to say, quote: “The peace formula is a menu, and any country can pick the issue it wants to work on. For example, you want to work on a prisoner exchange, but not on holding the Russian leadership accountable. In that case, all you need to do is sign up for a prisoner exchange or any other items that are comfortable for you, and not get involved in something that you find politically sensitive.” It’s a fairly straightforward approach. He went on to say, “At the first summit, we will gather all the countries that will choose at least one item on the menu. They will form groups around such items, adopt an action plan and identify the path to achieve the goals under respective items. Between the first and the second summit, talks with Russia may take place according to the rules that the participants will agree on at the first summit.”
It’s all clear. The first summit will be used to agree on an ultimatum. The menu method is used to get onboard as many countries as possible. Allegedly, these countries can come in to discuss just matters of food security, but they will “glue” the tribunal for the Russian leadership to it themselves. That’s all there is to it. In fact, this is recognising the fact that the “peace formula” is an ultimatum. There’s an interesting parallel with the “menu” metaphor. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at the Munich Security Conference in February, “…our default, of course, is to work in the first instance with fellow democracies… And if you’re not at the table in the international system, you’re going to be on the menu.” Dmitry Kuleba encourages the Global Majority countries to be on that “menu.”
To be continued…
BY: TTU / Source: MOFA Russia
