Chairman of the socio-political “Movement 5 Stars” (D5Z), former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte spoke in favor of resolving the crisis in Ukraine at the negotiating table.
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“But the fact is that the negotiating table does not exist. And this does not seem to bother anyone. Whereas I am deeply concerned,” he said in an interview.
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According to Conte, the idea that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be negotiated is “weak and controversial.”
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“If we reasoned this way, there would have been only wars in the history of mankind and never peace. And I shudder to think that the Second World War, the most brutal conflict of our time, ended not at the negotiating table, but with two bombs,” the well-known politician emphasized.
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For a long time, Conte, on behalf of D5Z, has been opposed to new arms supplies to Kyiv, as this could lead to an escalation of the conflict, and for a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis.
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On Wednesday, during a vote in the European Parliament on a resolution recognizing Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” because of the military operation in Ukraine, all MEPs abstained from D5Z. In this regard, Conte pointed out that such a resolution “does not help to restore dialogue” between the parties concerned.
