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“We cannot do anything but recognize the sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic. At the end of a forty-minute professorial speech, Vladimir Putin buried in one sentence the last hopes of diplomats. The recognition of the pro-Russian separatist regions, expected, immediately led to strong reactions from the Europeans, in the first place.
A “flagrant violation of the sovereignty” of Ukraine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was the first to speak out once morest the Russian leader’s remarks. A few minutes later, the European Union let it be known with one voice that it would react “firmly” to this offensive.
Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mediators in the eastern Ukrainian conflict, conducted an emergency meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president and their “closest partners”. In the process, Ukraine also requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The UN chief rushed back to New York, canceling a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the meantime, the United Nations calls “to refrain” from “any unilateral decision” that “undermines the integrity” of Ukraine.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who has been noted for her firmness towards Russia, said that by doing so, Putin was “reneging on all his commitments” to the international community.
Crippled by Vladimir Putin for having “ignored from the start” the “fundamental proposals”, NATO soberly “condemned” the decision of the Russian head of state. The reaction of the United States, which has constantly alerted the world to the risk of an imminent Russian invasion, has been curiously slow. Joe Biden, the American president, took the time to chat privately with the Ukrainian president. Then with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz.
But the head of American diplomacy, Josep Borrell, had a few moments earlier warned that “sanctions [étaient] on the table” in the event of recognition of the Donbass republics. At 9:30 p.m., a little less than an hour following the end of Vladimir Putin’s speech, Joe Biden kept his promises: the United States announced “sanctions” not once morest Russia, but once morest the separatist regions in Ukraine.
An executive order will prohibit any new investment, exchange or financing by American persons to, from or within the pro-Russian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, said its spokeswoman, Jen Psaki.
Vladimir Putin decided on Monday to recognize the independence of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. In the wake of this, he signed “friendship and mutual aid” agreements with these territories.
“I consider it necessary to take this decision which was ripe for a long time: to immediately recognize the independence of the People’s Republic of Donetsk and the People’s Republic of Lugansk”, said the Russian president in a televised address.
He asked the Russian Parliament “to approve this decision and then to ratify the friendship and mutual aid agreements with the two republics”.
He signed in the wake of the agreements with the leaders of these two territories, sponsored for eight years by Russia in the war which opposes them to Kiev. The contents have not been disclosed.
Short-circuited peace agreements
Russian recognition of the separatists short-circuits the peace process resulting from the Minsk agreements of 2015, signed by Russia and Ukraine, under Franco-German mediation, and which aimed precisely at a return to Ukrainian sovereignty of these areas.
This decision paves the way for a call for assistance to Russia from these territories as sovereign states and therefore the entry of Russian forces into these regions.
NATO pointed the finger
The master of the Kremlin once once more denounced the successive enlargements of NATO, which Moscow considers a threat.
And according to him, the entry of Ukraine into the Atlantic Alliance would be “a matter of time”, further aggravating the danger hanging over Russia, because the United States might deploy offensive weapons in Ukrainian territory.
A senior official in the Bahraini Foreign Ministry said that Israeli intelligence is active in his country, according to The Times of Israel.
The announcement was made public by Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of the Bahraini Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs, during the Munich Security Conference in a discussion with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
The Bahraini official said: “There is intelligence cooperation between Bahrain and Israel. The Mossad is present in Bahrain and in the region.”
Al Khalifa added: “If this security cooperation between Bahrain and Israel will mean more stability and security, so be it, and if it will mean saving innocent lives, so be it. That is why the visits of the Mossad chief to Bahrain were announced through the Bahrain News Agency.”
And Al Khalifa added: “The Mossad chief was received by his Bahraini counterpart, and therefore we believe that security and intelligence cooperation is part of the ongoing partnership between Bahrain and Israel, and this matter will continue.”
And last week, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met the Bahraini King, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to the country.
Several days ago, the Bahraini government confirmed press reports that an Israeli army officer will work officially and permanently in the Gulf kingdom, to be the first official appointment of an Israeli officer to an Arab country.
The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, in a statement, that the annexation of the Israeli officer to the kingdom comes within the framework of an international coalition aimed at securing freedom of navigation in the territorial waters of the region.
This comes following Bahrain, Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a US-brokered agreement to normalize relations in 2020.
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The Israeli Prime Minister made his first visit to Bahrain since the signing of the Abraham Accords
The statement stated that the appointment will be linked to the work of an unnamed international coalition that includes more than 34 countries.
Bahrain also said that the coalition’s mission includes securing freedom of navigation in the region’s territorial waters, protecting international trade and confronting piracy and terrorism.
This announcement came following an unprecedented development of military relations between Israel and the Gulf states, which included holding military maneuvers in which forces from Bahrain and the UAE participated alongside Israeli and American soldiers.
On Thursday, February 10, The Times of Israel newspaper reported on Channel 13 that Israel would “send a naval officer to be stationed in Bahrain.” The site added that the move was agreed upon during Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s visit to the Gulf.
Gantz, who arrived in Bahrain on Wednesday, February 2, made his first official visit to the Gulf kingdom, and signed a defense cooperation agreement with his Bahraini counterpart, which formalizes the security relationship between the two countries.
The UAE and Bahrain signed the “Abraham Agreements” in September 2020, to normalize their relations with Israel.
Since then, diplomatic, military, and intelligence relations between Israel and the two Gulf states have been strengthened.
Tensions with Iran over its nuclear program are a common factor between the two Gulf states and Israel.
Israel strongly opposes resuming the 2015 agreement related to Iran’s nuclear file, and has repeatedly warned that lifting sanctions on Iran would give it more money to buy weapons to use once morest the Israelis.
Dore Gold, head of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, said Israel and Bahrain had pushed for closer ties because they were “threatened by Iranian actions.”
Gold pointed to the unrest in Bahrain, which he blamed on Iranian-backed opposition groups, and the range of threats Israel says Iran poses, particularly its arming of the Lebanese group Hezbollah.