This morning I read reports of Secretary of State Rubio’s meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Saudi Arabia. The following bit jumped out at me:

  • Russia wants Nato to disavow 2008 promise to Ukraine
  • Russia wants Nato to disavow its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of the US-led military alliance, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
  • Nato membership for Ukraine is unacceptable for Russia but a simple refusal to accept Ukraine into the alliance is also not enough either, a spokesman said.
  • “It is worth noting that a refusal to accept Kyiv into Nato is not enough,” a spokesman said. “The alliance must disavow the Bucharest promises of 2008.”
  • At a summit in Bucharest in April 2008, Nato declared that both Ukraine and Georgia would join the US-led defence alliance – but gave them no plan for how to get there.

We often hear about Putin being a bad guy, and maybe he is. However, if there is evidence that our western leaders aren’t totally depraved, I’ve still not seen it.

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/trump-is-only-western-statesman-who?