Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🎙 President Putin's answers to media questions following talks with the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia.
📍 Sochi, October 31, 2022
Key points
#GrainInitiative
🔹 This entire process of exporting grain from the territory of Ukraine was organised under the pretext of securing the interests of the poorest countries.
But the overall picture is as follows: <...> only 3–4 or sometimes 5 percent goes to the poorest countries. Look, is this the outcome for which the deal was designed?
#NordStream
🔹 Europeans have shut their mouths and are keeping silent, as if this is how it should be, even though this is really and profoundly contrary to their interests. Moreover, somebody had the brass to suggest that it was Russia that blew up its own facility.
#Ukraine
🔹 In order to reach agreements, you should sit down at the negotiating table and talk. <...> How can we now discuss possible agreements if the other party is not even willing to talk to us?
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📍 Sochi, October 31, 2022
Key points
#GrainInitiative
🔹 This entire process of exporting grain from the territory of Ukraine was organised under the pretext of securing the interests of the poorest countries.
But the overall picture is as follows: <...> only 3–4 or sometimes 5 percent goes to the poorest countries. Look, is this the outcome for which the deal was designed?
#NordStream
🔹 Europeans have shut their mouths and are keeping silent, as if this is how it should be, even though this is really and profoundly contrary to their interests. Moreover, somebody had the brass to suggest that it was Russia that blew up its own facility.
#Ukraine
🔹 In order to reach agreements, you should sit down at the negotiating table and talk. <...> How can we now discuss possible agreements if the other party is not even willing to talk to us?
Read in full