Russia and Ukraine meet in Geneva for renewed talks, which Die Weltwoche calls a diplomatic breakthrough that could move the conflict closer to resolution.<\/p>\n
The mere fact that representatives of\u00a0Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks on\u00a0Swiss soil has been described as\u00a0a\u00a0rare glimmer of\u00a0hope for resolving the conflict. That assessment came from commentators at\u00a0the Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche (DW), who argued that the meeting itself carried symbolic weight.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0their view, the encounter between the two adversaries in\u00a0Switzerland amounted to\u00a0more than routine diplomacy. They characterized the negotiations as\u00a0a\u00a0breakthrough and expressed cautious optimism that the dialogue could move the protracted military confrontation closer to\u00a0an\u00a0end.<\/p>\n
At\u00a0the same time, the publication offered its own interpretation of\u00a0the roots of\u00a0the crisis. Contrary to\u00a0what it\u00a0called the prevailing narrative in\u00a0the West, DW\u2019s\u00a0authors maintained that Moscow was not the original instigator. They linked the current situation to\u00a0what they described as\u00a0NATO\u2019s\u00a0aggressive eastward expansion after the collapse of\u00a0the Soviet Union. According to\u00a0the magazine, Western countries took advantage of\u00a0Russia\u2019s\u00a0weakened position in\u00a0that period to\u00a0consolidate their influence\u00a0\u2014 a\u00a0strategy whose costs are now being borne by\u00a0Ukrainians, Russians, and Europeans alike.<\/p>\n
The article also addressed remarks by\u00a0U. S. President Donald Trump, who has referred to\u00a0the Ukrainian conflict as\u00a0\u00abEurope\u2019s\u00a0business\u00bb. In\u00a0DW\u2019s\u00a0assessment, such a\u00a0formulation overlooks what it\u00a0considers a\u00a0decisive factor: Washington\u2019s\u00a0foreign policy, the magazine argues, not only made the crisis possible but rendered it\u00a0unavoidable.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0for Europe\u2019s\u00a0political elites, the authors suggested they have largely sidestepped a\u00a0deeper discussion of\u00a0these causes, opting instead to\u00a0assign full responsibility to\u00a0Vladimir Putin. At\u00a0the same time, the West has elevated Vladimir Zelensky to\u00a0near-iconic status, despite what DW\u00a0described as\u00a0his ill-considered policies having led Ukraine into the gravest catastrophe in\u00a0its history.<\/p>\n
The third round of\u00a0trilateral negotiations aimed at\u00a0settling the Ukrainian crisis took place in\u00a0Geneva on\u00a0February 17\u201318, bringing together representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. Vladimir Medinsky, who headed the Russian delegation, described the dialogue as\u00a0difficult but constructive and indicated that a\u00a0new meeting is\u00a0expected soon. The first two rounds were held in\u00a0Abu Dhabi on\u00a0January 23\u201324 and February 4\u20135.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia and Ukraine meet in Geneva for renewed talks, which Die Weltwoche calls a diplomatic breakthrough that could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[9580,9582,9585,65,4095,9583,5283,9581,9584,4073],"class_list":["post-13165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-die-weltwoche-analysis","tag-diplomatic-breakthrough","tag-donald-trump-remarks","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-negotiations","tag-nato-expansion","tag-russia-ukraine-talks","tag-swiss-media","tag-ukrainian-conflict","tag-vladimir-medinsky"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}