Russian President Vladimir Putin says any lasting peace in Ukraine will have to deal with the issue of NATO’s expansion. He made the comment after holding talks with China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi at a summit in Tianjin on Monday.
Putin, who sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, argues that the war is rooted in Western efforts to pull Ukraine closer to NATO. He insists Russia’s security concerns have been ignored for years.
At the summit, Putin was seen walking alongside Xi and Modi, all three leaders smiling and chatting in a show of unity. China and India, while not taking sides directly, have continued to buy Russian oil and positioned themselves as potential mediators.
Putin also pointed to what he called “understandings” reached with U.S. President Donald Trump at a recent meeting in Alaska. He suggested those talks, along with proposals from Beijing and New Delhi, could help move things toward a settlement.
For now, though, Russia maintains its conditions: halting NATO’s enlargement and easing Western sanctions. Ukraine and its allies reject those demands, seeing them as cover for Moscow’s attempt to cement control over the nearly one-fifth of Ukrainian territory it currently holds.
Source: Viewers Corner News