The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “NATO” expressed his confidence that the war in Ukraine will end with dialogue, pointing out that NATO forces increased in Eastern Europe to more than 40 thousand soldiers.
Stoltenberg said, in televised statements, that he was “confident that the war in Ukraine will end through dialogue,” noting that “NATO will support Kyiv if it enters peace negotiations.”
But at the same time, he reiterated his “rejection of Ukraine’s request to establish a no-fly zone or to send soldiers to Kyiv.”
In addition, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that his country will not join NATO without Sweden, stressing that his country is going on this path hand in hand with Sweden.
In this context, the researcher in international relations, d. Wassim Bazzi, the statements of the Secretary-General of NATO, in which he expressed his confidence that the Ukraine crisis will end through dialogue, indicate that the logic of confrontation, led by America, NATO and some European countries against Russia, has reached a dead end.
He stated that: “During the past two months, Russia has succeeded in recycling the battle, and this was manifested in the Ukrainian president’s acknowledgment of the depletion of Ukrainian military capabilities, and Russia’s ability to target all weapons that come to Ukraine through the West.”
He stressed that talking about the importance of dialogue with Moscow is an expression of the regressive path and the reality of the balance of forces that are heading in Russia’s favor.
The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament accepts the resignations of the Sadrist bloc deputies
Deputies of the Sadrist bloc, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, submitted their resignations from the Iraqi parliament, amid an ongoing political crisis since the early legislative elections last October.
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, reiterated his refusal to form the next Iraqi government on the principle of consensus.
He said, “He has two options: either the opposition, or the withdrawal, indicating that Iraq does not need an absolute government, but an absolute government with a majority that serves its people and restores its prestige,” he said.
For his part, the Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, announced his acceptance of the resignations, stressing that he “reluctantly accepted the demands of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies to resign from the Iraqi Council of Representatives.”
In this regard, the political analyst, Abbas Al-Ardawi, said that the Sadrist movement’s move to resign its parliamentary bloc is a political maneuver, after the movement tried to form a majority government.
He added that the option of withdrawing and resigning from Parliament may appear to be one of the factors of détente for the political crisis.
Al-Ardawi clarified that with the Parliament Speaker signing the resignations of the Sadrist bloc deputies, the resignation was implemented, and therefore the resigned deputies are compensated through their constituencies with the first reserve.
Israeli parliamentarian says Bennett government will collapse on its own
Israeli Knesset member of the opposition “Likud” party Yoav Kish predicted the collapse of the ruling coalition in his country led by Naftali Bennett.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted Qish as saying that Naftali Bennett’s government had finished its way, and that the opposition Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister, was talking to everyone in the Knesset.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Knesset member, Alaeddin Jabarin, candidate No. 6 in the United Arab List, submitted his resignation from the list.
This came hours after he announced that he would not rule out participating in a government with Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister, and Itamar Ben Gvir, a far-right Knesset member.
In this context, political analyst Ashraf Al-Ajrami said: “The Bennett government no longer has a majority, and the resignation of any member of the coalition makes it fall in any vote of no-confidence in the government.”
He added that the problem arose when the government did not succeed in renewing the settlers’ law, and if one Knesset member resigns in any of the coalition blocs, this means that the government will fall and Israel will go to new elections.
NATO Secretary General expresses confidence that the Ukraine crisis will end through dialogue
