Russia (bbabo.net), - There are not so many details after the night conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States, but they are enough to add a bit of optimism to the current situation.
And to make the optimism understandable, I propose to look at what happened through the eyes of a pessimist who is always ready for the worst.
After all, it could have happened that the conversation simply would not have taken place. For example, referring to the fact that "experts must meet first" ... But there was a conversation, and it turned out to be well prepared on both sides, and therefore substantive.
It could also happen that the schedule for the upcoming discussion of well-known Russian proposals could be reduced by the Americans only to the NATO format convenient for them on January 12, without Russian-American talks on January 10 and consultations within the OSCE on January 13. No, the presidents agreed on the complex sequence of 10-12-13, and this is also very important.
Finally, in the course of the night conversation, Biden could theoretically already now identify those sections of the Russian proposals that Washington, in principle, refuses to even discuss. This is not the case, the agenda remains comprehensive. That, of course, does not prejudge the outcome of the negotiations, but does not make them senseless a priori. Moreover, very important statements were made about Ukraine (first of all, the refusal to deploy offensive strike weapons).
In general, if we use New Year's terminology, while the champagne glass is more likely half full than half empty. And it keeps hoping that 2021 will go down in history as the culmination of all the bad things that could happen - at least in the security arena. What's next will be better. And there, you see, we will defeat the coronavirus by joint efforts.
So everyone have a good holiday and the best in comparison with the outgoing New Year 2022! Especially for the negotiators on January 10, because by the 12th and 13th a lot (although not everything, of course!) Will already be a foregone conclusion.
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