Historic peace talks are set to take place.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken made the proposal after meeting Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov for 90 minutes at what he called a ‘critical moment’ in ongoing talks.to send back the 106,000 soldiers it has massed along the border with Ukraine, but Moscow says it won’t budge unless Nato promises never to let the former Soviet state join.
Besides barring Ukraine, he also wants Nato to remove all its forces from Bulgaria, Romania and other ex-communist countries that joined after 1997. ‘If it proves useful and productive for the two presidents to meet, to talk, to engage, to try to carry things forward, I think we’re fully prepared to do that.
Foreign secretary Liz Truss, who is in Australia for defence talks, said on Friday: ‘If there is an incursion by Russia into Ukraine, it would come at a massive cost. President Vladimir Putin regards Ukraine - which was part of the Soviet Union until 1991 - as a ‘red line’ and has called on the US and Nato to provide guarantees that it won’t become a member, something the West won’t do.
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