In November last year, Russian Army troops began deploying on its border with Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly maintained that “this is not an invasion of Ukraine and that Russia will maintain a peaceful foreign policy; however, Russia also has the right to safeguard its security and, in turn, demands the NO inclusion of Ukraine in NATO”. For his part, US President Joe Biden has responded to the Kremlin’s statements that “any attack by Moscow on Kiev will be met with severity by the United States and our allies.”
As always, in this type of international war conflicts there are economic and geopolitical interests due to strategic territories to obtain military, political, financial and/or commercial advantages. Today the network of gas pipelines in the current Ukrainian territory (before it was part of the USSR) is at stake; Likewise, there is another Russian gas pipeline on German soil that is not yet in operation. Putin claims that Russia cannot be left exposed, since the last two invasions of Russia in recent decades have been precisely along its border with Ukraine. Of course, the advantage to the US and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) of having Ukraine in their bloc is obvious, as they could place nuclear missiles just minutes from cities and key military targets, leaving the Russians vulnerable.
For its part, NATO, founded on April 4, 1949 as a response after the Second World War, has 30 member countries, which agreed to “defend any of its members if they are attacked by a foreign power at The alliance”. For this reason, Putin demands the NO inclusion of countries like Ukraine and Georgia to NATO. However, NATO has expressed its refusal, arguing that the treaty signed in Washington DC implies an open-door agreement and that any state that meets NATO requirements has the right to sign and subscribe to the treaty. Even countries like Finland and Sweden, which are not part of NATO, have come out in favor of independence from NATO and against Russia or any other nation being given a right to veto the inclusion of any democratic country in NATO. the ranks of NATO (or NATO, for its acronym in English).
The United States accuses that Russia actually wants NATO to return to the borders it had in 1991; and Russia demands an end to NATO military activity in Eastern Europe. This means that combat units would withdraw from Poland and the Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Russia has also proposed a treaty with the United States that prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons beyond its national territories and accuses that the United States is financing Ukraine with money and weapons.
This conflict is discussed and voted on before the United Nations Security Council, made up of five permanent members: China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and the USA; and another 10 non-permanent members where Mexico is currently for two years. And here the implication is direct, how will Mexico vote? Will he join in defending the socialist bloc of Russia and China against our main trading partner and neighbor, where 3 out of 10 Mexicans live? For now, there was already a first procedural vote before the council, where the Foreign Ministry voted together with the US against Russia. The outcome of this international conflict between these world powers is worrying and the role that Mexico has to vote before the UN Security Council is interesting. It is up to Mexico to defend her position and until today she is voting correctly.
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