After talks with Xi and Modi, Putin says NATO enlargement has to be addressed for Ukraine peace
Summary
Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that addressing NATO's eastward expansion is vital for sustainable peace in Ukraine following talks with Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi at the SCO meeting.
Key Points
- Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that NATO's eastward enlargement must be addressed to achieve sustainable peace in Ukraine.
- Putin held talks with China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Tianjin.
- Putin referred to Western efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO as a root cause of the crisis that must be eliminated for peace.
- At the 2008 Bucharest summit, NATO agreed that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members; Ukraine amended its constitution in 2019 to pursue NATO and EU membership.
- China and India remain major purchasers of Russian crude despite Western sanctions and tariffs imposed by the US.
