A logic that “is to be demonstrated”. This is how the Secretary General of the Farnesina and Ambassador to Germany, Michele Valensise, commented on the military action that led to this war in Ukraine. And to put an end to this, good intentions are not enough. The words spent at the table negotiations between the two countries must be supported by concrete facts. But already “the fact that Russians and Ukrainians are gathering at one table is undoubtedly a positive fact,” said Ambassador Valensise, who in an interview with Messenger “did some small opening in their respective positions”.
In fact, Russians have moved from viewing “the Kyiv ruling class as Nazis and drug addicts to dialogue. But words are not enough in such a situation: “You have to follow good intentions facts the ambassador continues and the facts are not encouraging. “The evidence comes from recent events: despite the announcement of the reduction in military actions around Kyiv, we are” experiencing a resurgence bombing Russians against targets of all kinds, including civilians. For this reason, one can understand the caution of those who say, especially Ukrainians, that the good intentions of the Russians have to be checked against the facts, making it difficult to understand whether the current situation could lead to a real agreement, because even the cessation of the bombing could be interpreted both as a definitive Russian retreat and as a “technical pause to resume the offensive”. . .
The points at which the negotiation there are two, as Ambassador Valensise explains to the messenger: “The first is here neutralityin which there were significant openings by Zelensky “, who said he was ready to support it, while the second concerns the areas of Crimea and Donbass. Both powers have taken very clear positions in this case: on the one hand, the Ukrainian president has always stated his will to keep the territory together, on the other hand, Putin justified military actions precisely with the attempt to help these areas. For this reason, on the second point, “the negotiations are even more delicate because nobody can lose face” and a compromise could take time and “experience a dilution of the final structure over time”. In this case, the messenger’s ambassador explains, “the final solution would remain open for later negotiations without prejudice. In short, it would be praised while waiting for better times. Ukrainians seem to be available, Russians don’t know”.
What is certain, according to Valensise, “is that the logic, the rationality of such an unleashed action is to be demonstrated” and that the development of the war, certainly “quite different from Moscow’s expectations”, does not obliterate ” doubts about rationality Putin’s decision “reasonably, the Russian president would agree to contribute to a way out as soon as possible.” Indeed, if it is true that the war is weighing on Ukraine, which is suffering casualties and destruction on a daily basis, Russia also “appears to agree internal difficulties and an international reputation problem adds the Ambassador Its credibility it is no longer that of a big country and global player like Russia.