President Meyou never asked anyone who wanted to meet.

In the first week of June, two interesting “sees” emerged on the international stage.

In an interview with President Trump on 3 March, the President of the United States stated that he “wanted to meet” the Iranian Supreme Leader, Mujtaba Khamenei; President Zelensky of Ukraine issued an open letter on 4 December proposing a meeting with Russian President Putin.

The meeting did not bring about any cooling. The taste of gunpowder has not increased in either the US or the U.S., and there is little good faith in two “sees” that seem to be passing out of the olive branch. The “testing” became a key word for the international situation this week.

Gunfire and visas

It's good to look at Iran first.

Trump stated on 3 June that he was willing to meet Mujtaba Khamenei. One day later, he changed his words in the White House to “I don't want to see you”, but if Mee had agreed, they might still have met.

The swaying tone is precisely an indication of Trump ' s desire to leave room for negotiations without allowing the outside world to feel that the United States is eager to compromise.

The Iranian supreme military adviser, Rezai, subsequently responded that the meeting “would not have taken place”, as the parties were still in the first phase of negotiations, which Trump had brought to an impasse.

The military movement between the United States and Iraq did not stop beyond the verbal confrontation.

This week, there was renewed tension around the Strait of Hormuz: United States forces struck at the Iranian coastal radar facility, Iran at the United States military base in the Gulf, and Kuwait and Bahrain sounded the alarm. The fragile ceasefire since early April has again been seriously affected.

Some of the card points at the negotiating table also surfaced. It is alleged that the Iraqi side has sought to unfreeze some $24 billion of overseas funds and ease sanctions, while the United States has faced domestic political rebound and security risk pressures and has been reluctant to accept large-scale deregulation.

Even more subtle, the sports corridors on both sides are not completely closed. White House officials stated on 5 September that Iranian players in the United States World Cup had been admitted to the United States. However, according to the Iranian side, some technical and administrative personnel have still not been granted visas, either because of or in connection with restrictions imposed by the United States on the entry of members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It is clear that this week, both with artillery and funding, has been a time-consuming week, while leaving a gap in contact with the World Cup visa.

Open letters to find out the way

Turning again to the direction of Ukraine, an open letter dropped the signal of the negotiations.

Zelensky issued an open letter to Putin on 4 April proposing that the two men meet to resolve the issue of war and peace. He expressed the will of the Ukrainian side to implement a comprehensive ceasefire during the negotiations and to move forward on the principle of “all for all”, but warned that, in the absence of progress, Ukraine would continue to fight for its own survival.

It is interesting to note that the day before the publication of the open letter, Ukrainian drones had just attacked an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and targets at a nearby naval base; when the letter was issued, Putin was attending an international economic forum in St. Petersburg called the “Russian version of Davos.”

On 5 May, Putin responded in St. Petersburg that there was no reason to meet with Zelensky. In his view, the letter contained a number of “unusual” expressions and questioned whether the letter was creating conditions for or preventing a meeting. He also stressed that what the Russian side wanted was not an interim arrangement, but a long-term agreement, and that it was up to the experts to come up with a programme before the leaders could meet.

It is believed that this letter from Zelensky was written not only to the Kremlin but also to the United States, European, Russian society and Ukraine. He tried to kick a “no talk” ball to Putin, while at the same time testing whether the West continued to support Ukraine.

Putin did not take the call, however, but instead closed the door: he refused to meet immediately, but left behind the words “experts speak first, and perhaps later”.

At the same time, the Russian-Uu battlefield has not cooled. The Ukrainian side continues to strike drones at Russian-owned, Russian-controlled ports and maritime targets, while the Russian army has carried out successive air strikes on many parts of Ukraine.

This week, the Russian-Uu situation was the crux of the matter, with open letters and the release of drones.

A real meeting.

This week, a number of real meetings took place in Beijing, in addition to “want to see”.

From 1 to 3 June, British Foreign Secretary Cooper visited China for a Chinese-British strategic dialogue with Wang Yi. During the talks, Wang Qi pointed out the context of the trip: China and the United Kingdom should promote more tangible and tangible results and give “more certainty to a troubled world”.

From 2 to 6 June, the Central Secretary-General of the Lao People ' s Revolutionary Party, the President of the State, Thonglong, conducted a State visit to China. The two sides will take advantage of the establishment of a “3+3” strategic dialogue mechanism for foreign affairs, national defence and public security, which will integrate development and security, deepen law enforcement security cooperation and focus on combating cross-border crime.

Myanmar Foreign Minister Tim Maung Shwe also visited China from 4 to 6 June, his first visit to China since his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and a short exchange of visits between the Minister for Foreign Affairs of China and Myanmar. China has expressed the view that this visit reflects the political will of both sides to deepen the building of the CSML community and will promote more practical cooperation.

Against the backdrop of Iran’s war, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, energy-traffic tensions, and the interlocking security issues, the parties put China’s communications on the agenda, in fact, in search of stable, cooperative interfaces in the midst of the turmoil.

Put the above lines together, and two games of “want to meet” are more like pre-positioning and waiting for each other to play. All sides need a retreat that can be packaged as a victory, while avoiding being seen as a first step. The problem is that all parties think they are still controlling the rhythm, but that miscalculation often occurs in such retrospection.

Looking forward to next week, Xinhua reported that, at the invitation of the DPRK, the General Secretary of the CPC, President Xi Jinping of the People ' s Republic of China, will undertake a State visit to the Democratic People ' s Republic of Korea from 8 to 9 June. The United States World Cup will open on the 11th of local time. The launch of the 15-day G7 summit will also enter the preparatory phase for the conference.

The successive appearances of the Head of State in diplomacy, sports events and multilateral interaction will be an important window of view of the global situation.

(editing mailbox:ylq@jfdaily.com)

Original title: Quick look, why didn't Trump and Zelensky have an appointment with anyone?

Editor-in-chief of the column: Yang Liqing

Source: author: daily newspaper Liberator