It is very important to avoid steps that can provoke an increase in tension. This was announced on Friday, January 21, by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the initiative to recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR).
“Here, of course, I would like to note that now, when the situation is so tense, so sensitive, it is very important to avoid any steps that could provoke an increase in this tension. Here it is very important to be aware of the responsibility for balanced steps that take into account the current tense situation,” Peskov told reporters.
According to him, the authors of this initiative should not “try to earn some political points on such a thin and fragile matter.”
On January 19, deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation submitted a draft resolution to the State Duma, which proposes to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the DPR and LPR.
The draft, in particular, notes that such recognition “will create grounds for guaranteeing the security and protection of their peoples from external threats and the implementation of a policy of genocide against the inhabitants of the republics.”
Also on January 19, the Russian Embassy in the United States stated that after a series of statements by Washington about the absence of de-escalation steps on the Russian-Ukrainian border, as well as the possibility of Moscow invading Kiev from the territory of Belarus, Russia calls on the United States to stop tantrums, as well as escalating tensions around the Donbass problem. .
On December 31, 2021, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the civil war in Ukraine, which has been going on for the eighth year, is far from over. According to him, the country’s authorities are not going to take steps to resolve the conflict in Donbass.
Source: IZ
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