Gregor Gysi: We have a very strained situation, but I am not considering it hopeless. Of course I have a criticism towards Putins politics when he tries to rebuild influence with an old thinking, but I also have very much criticism towards NATO and the EU. They have not realized back in 1990 that they should create a new security organization, with no Warsaw pact and no NATO. Not without Russia, nor against Russia, but with Russia – a common security alliance. And against promises that were given during the time of German reunification, the further expansion of NATO towards the east took place so that Russia slowly would become encircled. Then there were missiles stationed in Poland and Czech Republic...the Russian side has said that it reduces its security, but the Western side was not interested in hearing that. Then, they said that those missiles are not targeting Russia. Thats when the Russian foreign minister said to his US counterpart: If we install rockets in Mexico, would you trust us if we say its against Colombia or Cuba, and has nothing to do with the USA? Of course they would not believe in that, but in spite of that it [missiles installation in Europe] has happened. Then there were other mistakes. I dont want to go into too many details. George W. Bush has suggested to bring Georgia and Ukraine into NATO. Naturally it was a provocation, even the former American minister of defense said that. And then it came to the issue of Ukraine, where it came to tensions between two sides – Russia and the EU – when they said: ‘Either you enter into the alliance with us or with the other.’ rt/news/ukraine-government-fascists-gysi-997/
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:08:51 +0000