🇷🇺🎙Interview of the Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands, H.E. V.Tarabrin, with Dutch blogger R.Brouwer

Key points:

🔹On the UN. Despite growing confrontation and the increasing politicization of international relations, the UN remains one of the few universal platforms for discussing global challenges and seeking solutions to them. This is precisely why the Organization continues to be of exceptional importance.

🔹On the new world map. Russia has supported “Correct the Map” resolution of the UN General Assembly. We regard its adoption as a fair attempt to promote a diversity of approaches and ensure a more objective representation of the world’s regions.

🔹On UN Security Council reform. Russia advocates broader representation of the countries of the Global Majority and supports the inclusion of India, Brazil and representatives of Africa in the UN Security Council. At the same time, we oppose granting such status to Germany and Japan, as the Western group is already disproportionately represented in the Security Council.

🔹On the objectives of the Special Military Operation. Russia seeks to ensure that Ukraine ceases to be an aggressive anti-Russian project and no longer poses a military threat to Russia or its neighbours. Our stated objectives also include Ukraine’s neutral status, the restoration of the rights of the Russian language, Russian culture and the Russian Orthodox Church as well as recognition of the existing territorial realities on the ground and the will expressed by the residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions.

🔹On Russia-US contacts. Visits by US representatives to Moscow provide a useful channel for mediation diplomacy and make it possible to seek areas of common ground. At the same time, the main obstacle to a peaceful settlement remains the position of the European Union, which continues to pursue the goal of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia.

🔹On the drone incident in Leipzig. We categorically reject allegations of Russian involvement in the drone incident. No evidence substantiating such claims has been presented. Nevertheless, the incident was used as a pretext for further anti-Russian measures by Germany.

🔹On relations with NATO. Under M.Rutte, relations between Russia and the Alliance have continued to deteriorate. We regard aggressive anti-Russian rhetoric and the build-up of military activity along Russia’s borders as signs of NATO preparing for a possible conflict with Russia and consider this trend extremely dangerous.

🔹On relations with the Netherlands. Bilateral ties are at an extremely low point. The Hague has effectively placed itself at the forefront of the anti-Russian camp, actively contributing to militarization and pursuing a confrontational course. At the same time, rising military expenditure means that enormous resources that could otherwise be directed towards social welfare, healthcare, education and transport are instead being spent on armaments and further fuelling the spiral of confrontation with Russia.

🔹On the threat of a direct confrontation with Europe. Russia is not interested in a war with European countries and has no aggressive plans towards Europe. However, the current course pursued by European countries is becoming increasingly dangerous. A direct military confrontation between Russia and Europe risks rapidly escalating into a nuclear conflict with devastating consequences.

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