“Putin has proved once again that he’s not serious about a negotiated peace,” says US Senate’s intelligence chair after Moscow’s NATO demand
Further talks with Russia to end the war are “a farce,” Tom Cotton claimed.
US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton dismissed Moscow's recent demand for NATO to withdraw its troops as "a farce," asserting that Russia has no genuine interest in negotiating a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On November 14, The New York Times reported that Russia reiterated its call for NATO to return to the 1997 positions during talks in Abu Dhabi.
These demands, aimed at revising the entire European security framework, primarily target NATO members Poland and the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—where Western forces are deployed. Cotton criticized Russia's maximalist stance, arguing that it is absurd for the Kremlin to expect NATO countries to pull troops from their borders.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas emphasized that a ceasefire must precede any discussions about reshaping Europe's security architecture. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed similar sentiments, stating that the security of free Europe and NATO should be determined by these entities, not Russia. Despite these warnings, Russia persists in its tough stance, raising concerns that it may test NATO's resolve with a limited strike or sabotage against an allied country.
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