Analysis: dialogues on Gaza in Brussels will clarify the results of the ASEM summit
The lack of specific agreements on the results of the negotiations in the framework of the summit in Milan does not interfere with the experts positively assess the event, expecting no less concrete results from the upcoming Tuesday trilateral meeting in Brussels. Proper opinion they expressed on the first day of the week in the process of video bridge Moscow-Kiev MIA " Russia today ".
last Friday in Milan summit " Europe-Asia ", on which much of the discussion And process of meetings in the fields, took the theme of settlement provisions in the Donbass And gas supplies to Ukraine. At the summit, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin And Ukrainian head Petro Poroshenko, in addition to meeting in the " channel " format, held bilateral dialogues.
Tripartite Ministerial meeting of the Russia-Ukraine-EU For discuss gas supplies will take place on 21 October in Brussels.
according to the comments of the head of the Center for strategic development of the CIS countries Institute of Europe RAS, Director of Institute of strategic planning And forecasting, Professor Alexander Gusev, first, the positive, the fact that such a meeting took place with all the declared participants." Second, positively, that the parties found still contact point, though, Yes, not reached concrete agreements And, Yes, not prescribed on paper, But at least there is an opportunity For further dialogue in working order, " said Gusev.
He believes that is Very important in the political settlement of the situation in Ukraine concerns the fact that the last And other EU countries need to prepare for winter." Further, the negotiation process will largely determine the economic potential of Ukraine. Using, by and large, Ukraine no place to wait, Russia said that it can help, there will be nothing in the duty to give will not, only on a prepaid basis, " said the specialist, Recalling that certain agreements on gas in Milan also has not been reached.
" anyway, I think that positive developments there. For the Russian Federation, as with other agents in the system of international relations, this space is very important, you need to apply all available platforms For the exchange of political views, as the world currently faces a serious problem of creating a constructive model for further development of the system of international relations And Ukraine here - " the Apple of discord, " said Gusev.
To evaluate the results of the Milan meeting will be possible after the negotiations in Brussels And then becomes clear as to whether the parties serious arrangements for gas problems. We are currently applied only intermediate results, because you cannot divide Milan And Brussels conversations, " he said with his hand expert Kyiv Center for political studies And conflictology Anton Finko.
He said that currently they discussed not only the issue of gas supplies, But the Donbas provisions, to facilitate the separation of the parties, the withdrawal of troops from the line of fire, start patrolling the conflict zone with the help of unmanned aircraft And other issues.
Deputy head of the Department of CIS countries of the Russian state humanitarian University Alexander Gushchin tried to convince to be " cautious optimism " regarding the results of the summit And also made the initiative not to jump to conclusions, at least until upcoming Tuesday tripartite Ministerial meeting of the Russia-Ukraine-EU in Brussels.
" The most serious issue, which could discuss the parties in Milan, it is a gas issue: the Brussels meeting will show. Here And Russia making concessions on price, And the European side is aware that she is a recipient, it supplied gas. But Russia is also in some sense dependent on European supplies, because to lose customers in Europe, too, is impossible, " says the Guschin.
He added that he believes that the strategic long term, Europe will continue to search for alternative ways of generating energy, as well as Russia enters into an alternative sales contracts, for example, with China.
" on this field may be building a pragmatic arrangements. And from this point of view And from the capital of Russia, And from the West possible departure from the ideological accretions And return of foreign policy, on a pragmatic basis, " he finished Gushchin.
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