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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ZAGREB, July 2 (Xinhua) — Western leaders should resume dialogue with Russia to help end the conflict in Ukraine, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said Tuesday after talks with Slovakian President Peter Pellegrini in Zagreb.
“There is no excuse for not having a dialogue,” Z. Milanovic noted at a joint press conference, adding that even during the Soviet era, negotiations were conducted between the West and the Soviet Union.
“The whole architecture of trust and mistrust was created to avoid a nuclear war. This is the whole philosophy of international relations, which is very thoughtful and deep. Everything is broken today,” he said, adding that “there is an impressive generation of incompetent people who are acting in a harmful way.”
P. Pellegrini, in turn, stated that neither of the two leaders believes that further military support will end the war in Ukraine, since it is impossible to defeat a nuclear power like Russia using military means.
P. Pellegrini stressed that NATO and the United States must find a common language with Russia on the issue of whether they can stop hostilities and agree on a post-war settlement of the situation in Ukraine.
He called on EU leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, to enter into talks with Moscow and find a negotiated solution.
P. Pellegrini arrived in Croatia on Monday for an official visit. That same day, he and Z. Milanovic discussed bilateral economic cooperation, regional security and preparations for the next NATO summit. –0–