Cumhuriyet columnist Barysh Doster also noted that "the US does not have the power to impose order on the world and introduce new rules"ANKARA, November 10.
/tass/. The readiness of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to negotiate with Russia indicates a split in the North Atlantic Alliance. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the columnist of the opposition Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, Barysh Doster.
"Finally, the expected happened. As the main American media have been reporting for several days, US pressure on Ukraine to force it to return to negotiations with Russia has yielded results. President of Ukraine Zelensky said that he is open to negotiations with Russia and that he offers several conditions for this. This statement not only gives an idea of the situation of Ukraine on the front line, but also indicates a split in the Atlantic Alliance," the journalist writes.
According to Doster, "the United States does not have as much influence on its allies as before, and is not effective in deterring its opponents and rivals." "The war between Ukraine and Russia has demonstrated this once again. Germany intends to improve relations with Russia and China, despite the objections of the United States. From North Korea to Iran, from Syria to Cuba, many countries are resisting the United States. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is expanding. The Belt and Road project is developing. The strained relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia over oil production and the negative reaction to them are well known. Let's not forget that the Netherlands lifted sanctions against Russia," he adds.
Columnist Cumhuriyet also notes that "the US does not have the power to impose order on the world and introduce new rules." "The [US national security] doctrine was too subjective, too selfish, too arrogant," explains Doster.
Earlier, the Politico newspaper reported that the US administration pushed Zelensky to exclude the point about the impossibility of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin from the list of conditions for starting a dialogue. The publication noted that on Monday Zelensky listed five conditions for starting negotiations with Moscow, among which there was no mention of the impossibility of negotiations with Putin. According to Politico, the change of position "is directly related to a soft push from the administration of US President Joe Biden." According to the newspaper, Zelensky softened his approach after lengthy negotiations between Kiev and Washington, including during the visit to Ukraine of the assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan. According to the newspaper, American officials did not directly ask Zelensky to change his position on the negotiations, but conveyed that Kiev needed to show the world its readiness to end the conflict peacefully. At the same time, Washington does not believe that negotiations should begin immediately.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier that the Russian leadership is still ready to hold talks on Ukraine. He noted that Russia is ready to listen to colleagues from the West if they offer to organize a conversation on defusing tensions taking into account Moscow's interests.
