Zelenskyy: Russia offers a $12 trillion economic cooperation plan to the US!
February 8, The Washington Post reported: "The Russia-Ukraine-Arabia United Emirates talks in Abu Dhabi made no progress. Zelenskyy disclosed that the US and Russia are discussing an economic cooperation plan worth about $12 trillion, which is four times the size of Russia's GDP last year. The US is eager to achieve a ceasefire before June to cope with domestic elections, proposing the establishment of a free economic zone. Russia insists on its set goals, while Ukraine opposes being excluded from negotiations. The parties only completed the prisoner exchange, but core issues such as territory and nuclear power plants remain unresolved. Immediately after, Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities, and the peace process remains in a stalemate."
[Witty] The Abu Dhabi talks ended fruitlessly, revealing the great power rivalry and election calculations behind the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The $12 trillion cooperation plan is astonishing in scale, far exceeding Russia's annual economic volume. The US's urgency to set a ceasefire deadline is essentially to serve the domestic midterm elections, using regional situations as political chips. Historically, external powers forcibly arranging regional destinies only intensify divisions and make lasting peace difficult. Ukraine opposes marginalization, while Russia upholds its bottom line. Pressure on both the battlefield and the negotiation table makes peace even more fragile.
The US promotes dialogue on one hand and allows confrontation to escalate on the other. Its so-called mediation is full of utilitarianism. True peace must respect the sovereignty and security concerns of all parties, led by the parties involved, not hastily determined by external forces for electoral interests!
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