Dear CCI Colleagues,
Following months of dangerous rumors and news about NATO-led War Games, U.S. Nukes on submarines in our oceans, in addition to the usual demonizing of Russia and China … finally a BIG idea emerges!
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
Big 5 Leaders’ Meeting Proposed By Putin Can Be Helpful Amid Changing Int’l Situation
January 25, 2020
By Mohammad Ali
A meeting of the leaders of Russia, China, the United States, France and the United Kingdom, the permanent members of the UN Security Council, which was proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, can be helpful and even necessary in light of the changing international situation, experts told Sputnik.
On Thursday, Speaking at the fifth edition of the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, Putin proposed to hold a meeting of the heads of state of the UN Security Council’s permanent members this year and said that Moscow intended, without delay, to send the appropriate letters to each country’s leader.
Following the president’s proposal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Friday that Moscow would send messages to the leaders of the Big Five with specific details on the essence of Putin’s initiative in the first half of next week. He added that the five leaders must rise above disagreements in order to find ways for detente in the world and address the current challenges facing humanity.