Al Jazeera Net correspondents
Moscow- Many points and messages in more than one direction were included in the Russian President’s speech Vladimir Putin At the general session of the Valdai International Club, which concluded its work yesterday, Thursday, BSochi city Russian, where Putin stated that “a completely new world order is taking shape before our eyes,” and that “the old structure of the world has ended irrevocably, and one can say that it has already ended.”
He added in a speech that lasted late yesterday evening, “The contemporary world cannot be predicted, and if one looks back 20 years and evaluates the extent of change, it can be said that the next 20 years will not be less difficult, but more difficult.”
He pointed out that the sanctions imposed on Russia andChina It turns against the Western countries that imposed it, and while Europe limits the supply of Chinese goods, it acknowledges that Russia has the cheapest energy resources, and China has the cheapest goods.
Putin explained in his speech that Russia has its own ideas for resolving the conflict in The Middle EastAnd it is “in constant contact with everyone, if not every day, then every week,” to find what can be acceptable to everyone, calling for reducing the suffering of the Palestinian people and ending the fighting.
He renewed his country’s agreement to hold peace negotiations with UkraineBut “this should not be a truce for half an hour or 6 months, so that Ukrainian forces can fire missiles,” but rather on the basis of the emerging facts and on the basis of the agreements reached in Istanbul.
He explained that Moscow’s recognition of Ukraine’s borders will not be possible until this country chooses neutrality, “otherwise it will always be a tool in the hands of third countries,” as he put it, and pointed out that Russia has always recognized the borders of the post-republics. soviet union Within the framework of the agreements signed after its collapse, taking into account the fact that Ukraine retained neutral status, but then wanted to join NATO.
“global majority”
In an analysis of the most prominent contents of the Russian President’s speech, Russian observers considered that the speech constituted a message of peace and readiness for dialogue and a political solution, and at the same time, Russia’s determination to continue challenging the policy of sanctions and unipolarity.
According to international affairs researcher Dmitry Kim, Putin has provided comprehensive answers to the most complex issues on the world’s agenda, and the main conclusion is that Russia is open to cooperation, and there will be no return to a unipolar world.
In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, he considered that Putin’s statements regarding his readiness for negotiations regarding Ukraine are an important step towards peace in this country, but good-neighborly relations between Russia and Ukraine are impossible without Kiev’s neutrality.
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He described the speech as affirming the foundations on which the new world order must be based, which must be based on openness, interaction, pluralism, maximum representation of states, global security, justice for all, and equality. Although it is understood that some states may be larger and stronger, this should not be the case. It leads to a mentality of arrogance, and in the new world order, every country must have the right to self-determination.
He believed that the message regarding Chinese-Russian relations was directed to Washington, stating that the time has come for the United States to stop being a hegemonic power, and turn into a partner for Moscow and Beijing and find a common language with them, “since they express the concept of the global majority,” as he described it.
Washington’s role
For his part, the writer in international studies, Dmitry Zlatopolsky, pointed out the importance of what was included in the Russian President’s speech regarding Russia’s views on Eurasian security, including that Moscow and its partners in this region are not ready to play a zero-sum game, but rather the growing and mutually beneficial cooperation between countries has become The major countries – Russia, China and India – have become increasingly noticeable in recent years.
In his opinion, Putin’s reference to this aspect is a new call to join the process of building a new global structure in Eurasia, which differs from the actions of Western countries, for whom cooperation in recent years has become synonymous with the expansion of military blocs.
Regarding relations with Washington after the election Donald TrumpHe explained that, on Putin’s part, he expressed his hope to restore Russia’s relations with the United States, but on the other hand, the ball is now in the court of the American administration, because Kremlin He did not spoil relations with Washington, did not impose sanctions, and did not contribute to the outbreak of an armed conflict near their territory, as they did with Russia.
It is noteworthy that the “Valdai” International Debate Club was established in 2004, and was named after the site of the first conference that was held in the city of Veliky Novgorod, near Lake Valdai.
Over the years of the club’s existence, more than 9,000 experts, researchers, politicians and public figures from all over the world have participated in its work, and the regional conferences of the “Valdai” Club, whether Asian, African, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, Russian-Chinese, or others, have received increasing attention from the public. International experts.
The club sessions are held within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. In 2024, the Valdai Club launched a new youth project called “Valdai-New Generation” with the aim of forming a platform of young researchers to find new solutions to the most pressing problems in international politics and the global economy.
