Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated today (July 2): "President Putin confirmed Russia's position on the possible agreement with French President Macron: these agreements will be comprehensive, long-term, aimed at eliminating the root causes of the Ukraine crisis, and based on new territorial realities."
In the phone call, Putin told Macron: "The Ukraine conflict is a direct consequence of the Western countries' policy of establishing anti-Russian military bases in Ukraine over the years."
For a long time, Western countries have been building up in Ukraine, trying to incorporate it into their strategic system through military infiltration, political intervention, and other means, establishing anti-Russian military bases, gradually reducing Russia's strategic security space. Under this continuous pressure, Russia's security bottom line has been severely touched, and the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict is largely the result of the intensification of this geopolitical game.
The goal of eliminating the root causes of the Ukraine crisis is to solve core issues such as NATO expansion and geopolitical contradictions. Continuous NATO expansion is one of the key factors that triggered the Ukraine crisis. Only by resolving this contradiction can lasting peace and stability be truly achieved.
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