biden comes back to attack and attack Putin: “Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine is an urgent threat to both Europe and the IndoPacific and an attack on the fundamental principles of a rulesbased international order,” said the US President at a bilateral meeting in the White House Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Fears that the conflict will spread like wildfire for President Biden are not farfetched.
“Let’s see if they keep their promises”
Now Western leaders are waiting to see the facts that will follow the words of Moscow’s pledges made in Istanbul today. “We’ll see if they follow up on what they said,” Biden said on the sidelines of the meeting with Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking on the phone today after talks between Russians and Ukrainians in Turkey, leaders of the US, UK, France, Germany and Italy agreed on the line of caution: “There seems to be a consensus he stressed around to see what they have to offer”. the skepticism America’s number one can be seen in some statements to a journalist: I can’t say anything until I see what they’re really going to do. We’ll see if they do what they said they would do, when asked if Moscow’s announcement was a sign that Russia was trying to buy time or, on the other hand, that the end of the war was really near.
“Beware Asia Pacific”
The phrase Biden uttered to Singapore’s Prime Minister is part of a speech begun a few weeks ago in which the United States is paying “increasing attention” to the AsiaPacific region despite the crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The world order,” Biden stressed, “faces unprecedented challenges,” and in addressing the crisis in Europe, the Stars and Stripes administration is committed to implementing “the… strategy IndoPacific, “to keep the territory “free and open. Biden then again condemned Moscow and stressed that the attack in Ukraine was unacceptable to countries “from all regions of the world: last week during his visit to Europe he stressed that “the world saw the strong unity and determination in the response of NATO and its allies to the Kremlin attack.
“Cost increase to Russia”
During today’s call, Biden and European leaders reiterated their determination to move on raise the charges against Russia for its “brutal attack on Ukraine” and continued military support to Ukraine “to defend against an unwarranted and unprovoked attack” as announced by the White House. Subsequently, Prime Minister Mario Draghi, President of the United States of America Joe Biden, President of the French Republic Macron, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson shared the need to support the ongoing negotiations by securing the as soon as possible break up the focus and stressed the need to ensure the stability of energy markets in the face of sanctions.
“No to relaxation”
The discussion also focused on the diversification of the energy supply communicated by Palazzo Chigi. The leaders of those countries have warned of the risk of “slack in Western resolve” over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which could to deliver support humanitarian aid to the millions of people affected by violence inside and outside Ukraine who are seeking refuge in other countries and stressed the “need for humanitarian access for civilians to Mariupol”.
Concern about North Korea
During the meeting with the Prime Minister of Singapore, the two heads of state expressed deep concerns about the launch of rockets through North Korea. “Pyongyang must immediately stop provocations and return to the negotiating table,” said the US President in a joint statement with the Singapore prime minister. Biden clarified that the talks also addressed the issue of China and Beijing’s threats to a “free and open” IndoPacific. The US President also announced that the United States will host an “extraordinary ASEAN summit” in the spring. Territorial sovereignty and a future “free of violence and intimidation” are rights that belong to all nations of the world, without discrimination.