Russia said on Sunday that it will not make any concessions under pressure from the United States in this week’s talks over the Ukraine crisis and demands for security guarantees for the West, and that there is a risk that the talks will end quickly .
Moscow’s hard-line stance shows just how low expectations for the negotiations’ success must be, although Washington relies on them to avert the danger of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine at the most tense point in US-Russian relations since the end of the Cold War , three decades ago.
The talks are expected to take place in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna. The state-run RIA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying it is entirely possible that diplomacy will end abruptly after a single meeting.
“I can’t rule out anything, this is an entirely possible scenario and Americans shouldn’t get high hopes for it,” he said.
“Of course, we will not make any concessions under their pressure and in the course of the threats that are constantly being made by Western participants.”
Interfax news agency quoted Ryabkov, who will head the Russian delegation in Geneva, as saying Moscow is not optimistic about entering negotiations.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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