MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/ — the Diplomat said that the Russian Embassy has joined the replication of this article.
the President of Russia Vladimir Putin about the Second world war generated considerable interest in the United States and launched the beginning of the debate. This was stated on Saturday, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov in an open interview to the Deputy Director General of TASS Mikhail Gusman, answering the question about the reaction in the United States the article of the President of Russia.
the Diplomat noted that the Russian Embassy has joined the replication of this article and sent it “to the leadership of the state Department, the leading non-governmental organizations, embassies of a number of leading Western States” and diplomatic missions of the CIS.
“the Publication sparked considerable interest and gave a start to the beginning of the debate. At least my interlocutors stressed the importance of a serious conversation about historical memory, noting that it affects contemporary political relations and relations in the field of security”, — said the Ambassador.
“Hear the voices of professionals and positive people to us on that article of the Russian President in a timely, about the need to dot the i, the speculation about who started the war and who won it, the time has come”, — the diplomat noted.
He noticed that “former politicians allocate theses about the importance of strengthening the system of international relations established after the Second world war”.
Antonov admitted that he carefully read the article of the President of the Russian Federation and found in it much useful. The Ambassador noted that the article of the President of Russia on the specific facts shows who and why started the war, described the outcome of the war and “built a kind of bridge to modern international relations”.
“it is Important for my thesis that I made for myself, is about our duty, the duty of all representatives of the victorious powers in the Second World war, to ensure that the created system of international relations was saved, and of course it can be improved,” said the Ambassador.
Antonov said that many of his colleagues, including the state Department, saying that “it takes time, you need to careful reading, to ponder the thesis of the Russian President and see how you can use these approaches in modern life.”
the Ambassador noted that, in particular, his interlocutors were interested in the explanations of the Russian President to the upcoming summit of the permanent members of the UN Security Council. “By the way, my interlocutors were interested in the explanation of Vladimir Putin regarding the forthcoming summit of the permanent members of the Security Council is an important the event, which should largely determine the contours of future development of international relations and to strengthen strategic stability,” — said Antonov.
Putin had previously published an article about the events connected with the Second world war. In it the head of state not only brought numerous historical facts, but also shared memories of his family about the war, and part of the article was devoted to the lessons of the war and international cooperation. The article “75 years of Victory: a shared responsibility before history and future” on Thursday published in the journal The National Interest in English, and was released on Friday on the Kremlin website and in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” in Russian.
