United States and Russia to “Sent the basis for future cooperation in matters of mutual geopolitical interest and economic opportunities”as well as to find the way of End the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The meeting generated enormous concern in Europe because it remembers the historic Pacto Ribbentrop-Molessigned between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939. both parties They signed at that time a non -aggression treaty that allowed them to distribute Poland and avoid a direct conflict until the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Although the current context is different, The movement reminds the current negotiations between Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio in RiadCapital of Saudi Arabia. “Those responsible for the United States and Russia are not only deciding the future of Ukraine without the Ukrainians. They are not only deciding the future of European security without Europeans. What they are truly doing is to distribute the world“, Alberto PriegoBachelor of Public International Law and International Relations.
An agreement in the shadow
Conversations between the two countries, carried out discreetly, would aim to Poland division and the delimitation of spheres of influence in Eastern Europe. For Hitler, he represented a strategy to ensure his rear before invading Poland, while for Stalin, it was an opportunity to extend Soviet influence towards the west.
The agreement had immediate consequences: On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland since west, and on September 17, the Soviet Union advanced from the east. Without the effective support of its western allies, Poland was occupied and divided between both powers. This pact showed how totalitarian regimes were willing to reconfigure the European map based on their interests, challenging international balance.
The historical context is key to understanding the magnitude of these events. Poland, who had recovered his independence in 1918 after more than a century of partitions, was trapped between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, two expanding powers. Despite its pacts with France and the United Kingdom, it did not receive effective military support when it was invaded.
