Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov accused the United States of being more involved in Ukraine than it was in the Cuban missile crisis sixty years ago.
“After receiving a decisive response in our country (USSR, during the missile crisis of 1962), Washington, contrary to what happened sixty years ago, continues to bet, convinced of its ability to control the escalation in Ukraine without suffering damage”. Riabkov said, quoted by Russian media.
“With the calculation of those who control the ‘puppets’, the United States will continue to carry out war actions against us through the Ukrainians, hostages and victims of this situation. It is a very dangerous chimera,” warned the deputy foreign minister of Moscow. .
Ryabkov adds that it is necessary to prevent “events from evolving”.
The Russian diplomat expressed “confidence” in the “current United States politicians” in the sense of becoming aware of the same responsibility for the “destiny of the world that the Soviet and American leaders demonstrated during the political-diplomatic solution of the Caribbean.” Crisis (1962)”. “.
“There are no other rational alternatives to this,” he stressed.
“There are only work channels through the embassies. Isolated phone conversations. If they (the United States) consider that nothing more is needed, we take this as a failing position. It is your position,” he said.
On October 14, 1962, the United States detected the presence of Russian medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba.
The situation generated a political and diplomatic crisis between Moscow and Washington that was finally resolved with the withdrawal of weapons and the adoption of de-escalation measures by both sides.
In the current conditions of the conflict in Ukraine, according to Riabkov, Moscow “has not refused any means of contact.”
“There is no initiative, there is no proposal. We don’t ask anyone for anything. For the contacts to make sense, the interest of both parties is necessary”, he declared.
According to the Russian deputy foreign minister, “the contacts were interrupted by the United States with excuses invented at various levels.”
Even when it comes to the prisoner swap with the United States, in which President Joe Biden has even shown interest, there is no progress, Riabkov noted.
Even so, he admitted that Washington and Moscow will continue to discuss the possibility of creating a bilateral consultation commission on the new START treaty extended in February 2021.
“Nothing has been defined, everything is being analyzed. We will inform you when an agreement is reached. It is still early to talk about it,” he declared.
On the current NATO nuclear containment maneuvers, ‘Steadfast Noon’ said that “they do not represent anything extraordinary” and that they are “something that happens periodically”, but added that it is a “violation” of the “regime” of non-nuclear proliferation because allows the preparation of countries that do not have nuclear weapons.
“Obviously, we are following all this closely to find out what is happening on the NATO side,” he concluded.
Source: TSF
