Denis Pushilin on the possibility of introducing a peacekeeping contingent in the Donbass

The representative of the People’s Council of the DPR Denis Pushilin commented on the materials that began to appear in various media about the possibility of ending the bloodshed in the Donbas based on the introduction of a peacekeeping force there. Denis Pushilin said that he does not exclude that it is the peacekeeping contingent that will allow to stop the war. Denis Pushilin gave a short interview to the radio station "Russian News Service".

According to the deputy chairman of the People’s Council of the DPR, the contingent may consist of representatives of the OSCE and Russia, that is, of those who are already participating in the mediation mission.

Pushilin:

Attracting another contingent here can be dangerous.

At the same time, Pushilin added that the OSCE and Russia do not represent the interests of the opposing sides, but perform exclusively mediation functions, since there is no direct contact between Kiev and Novorossia.

It can be assumed that the idea of ​​attracting a peacekeeping contingent from Russia and the OSCE will not be attractive to Kiev, and the West will not be attractive either. But this is their problem ...

Comments

[alex-s]

Glanoe, to prevent NATO!

[Giant thought]

Peacekeepers put on the administrative border of the regions, the APU to withdraw completely from there.

[Viktor Kudinov]

One could try the Cuban contingent.

[RUSS]

Quote: Victor Kudinov

One could try the Cuban contingent.

You do not feed them

[sergey32]

Why Cubans, when the Kazakhs have peacekeeping units, and Russia would take on the supply.

[Saratovets]

No, no, the Cubans are the most!

[1536]

The Kazakhs are also great fighters, but the Cubans, when in 1975, in my opinion, on Fidel's orders, they arrived in Anglo, where a civil war was raging, supported by the United States, and South African mercenaries openly invaded the country, so, the Cubans literally in a month ensured victory in battles for the units of the progressive party of Angola "MPLA-Party of Labor".

[Corsair]

Quote: Victor Kudinov

One could try the Cuban contingent.

This is an option. Also, the Syrians are an option, but it's a pity they are busy ...

[34 region]

And why put a minus? Or are the Syrians not people?

[pahom54]

Quote: Victor Kudinov

One could try the Cuban contingent.

And what? In Angola, they showed themselves well ... Well, I can say cynically: Black is white, if Russia feeds them, everything will be fine ... Being supposedly neutral peacekeepers, they will defend the positions of Russia ...

[Drmadfisher]

in Cuba white and black fifties

[Bykov.]

Quote: Victor Kudinov

about the possibility of ending the bloodshed in the Donbass on the basis of the introduction of a peacekeeping contingent there.

Why Donbas ?! We need them to Kiev, so that instead of "Berkut", they stand between the junta and the new Maidan.

[Corsair]

Quote: Bulls.

Why Donbas ?! We need them to Kiev, so that instead of "Berkut", they stand between the junta and the new Maidan.

Whom to separate from?

[Waterfowl]

I have a different opinion. Talks "about the possibility of introducing a peacekeeping contingent into Donbas" are panicky sentiments. What, fought for a piece of land? I would understand if at least the DPR and LPR were released.

[Starik72]

Victor. And if you try the Chinese contingent? Or, at worst, the Chechen contingent led by Kadyrov? Do you think they would have calmed the dill.

[asadov]

The fact of the matter is that they won’t do it. And without NATO, they also would not want to.

[kashtak]

Of course, it’s called a demilitarized territory. and artillery even further.

[Kostyar]

No NATO !!! Not an inch span for which our fathers and grandfathers shed blood !!!

[Yakut]

I don't want to be a seer, but it seems to me that Vova is "bent" today. I would not have stopped the offensive in August 14, there would not have been what is now ... Our foreign policy in most cases was in the end a losing streak ... and how we want to be wrong!

[subbtin.725]

Quote: alex-s

Glanoe, to prevent NATO!

As Rogozin said: Is it NATO to us?

[enot73]

Kiev at the highest level is requesting military assistance from the West, explaining its requests with an intention to protect the sovereignty of Ukraine, however, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities themselves pose the greatest threat to the country. According to LifeNews, it became known about the corruption scheme operating in Ukraine for the sale of weapons received from the United States to the Middle East. The deal was concluded by the deputy head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Petr Mehed and the brigadier general of the Syrian government forces Talal Makhluf, close to Bashar al-Assad. Source RV, Life News

[Vitaly Anisimov]

After the visit, Merkel and Hollande .. I think Parasha begin to merge and all the devils around him! It’s time to restore order in Ukraine ..! Obama will still answer for Ukraine .. We all remember!

[nvv]

Off-topic. Let the author forgive me. He looked at the photo: "What is Pushilin thinking about? About another MMM?"

[Seaman77]

Latest news on the topic:

==== Meanwhile, the American edition of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing an unnamed Western source, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel this week, the content of which was reduced to the requirement to provide the militias with a larger territory and autonomy. According to WSJ, the leaders of Germany and France were not satisfied with the conditions put forward by Vladimir Putin, and they came out with a counter-initiative. WSJ information was partially confirmed by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who visited Kiev on Thursday. He made it clear: Washington interprets Moscow’s initiative with “cautious optimism,” but it’s too early to comment on it, since the leaders of Germany and France got acquainted with the text of the document only on Thursday.

A senior European diplomatic source explained to Kommersant that, along with other proposals, Western leaders will bring to Moscow a plan to deploy a foreign peacekeeping contingent on the contact line of the Ukrainian armed forces and troops of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics.
The interlocutor of Kommersant said that the possible composition of this contingent was one of the main topics of their negotiations with Petro Poroshenko.

A Kommersant source close to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry explained that for Kiev it would be “absolutely unacceptable” for Russian peacekeepers to participate in the operation. The Ukrainian authorities would not be happy with the engagement of the collective peacekeeping forces of the CIS. The source added: initially, the Ukrainian authorities categorically did not approve of the idea of ​​introducing peacekeepers, “because they did not want a second Transnistria”. However, in the current situation, Kiev, he said, is ready to "discuss these proposals." “The key issue is the composition of the peacekeeping forces and the timing of their deployment on the territory of Ukraine,” he specified. ====

[RONIN-HS]

... Western leaders are taking to Moscow a plan for the deployment of a foreign peacekeeping contingent on the contact line of the Ukrainian armed forces and the troops of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics ...

As long as the ruin finally collapsed, it could be started up ANY PEACEKEEPERS, BUT NOT ONLY NATO NATO ..!
NATO - in any case DO NOT MISS ON ALL THE Territory of Ukraine.

[nvv]

Quote: nvv

Off-topic. Let the author forgive me. He looked at the photo: "What is Pushilin thinking about? About another MMM?"

I could not bear it. Few cons.
There is a scam.
There are scammers.
There are suckers.
There is M.M.M.
There is Pushilin.
There are .... suckers but for some reason it is not enough ....... only 3, I thought more.

[DMB 1995]

Fights near Debaltseve. Video from our comrades.
Attention 18 +

[domokl]

Quote: alex-s

Glanoe, to prevent NATO!

Steeper are only eggs ... boiled ... How interesting are we going to sort in NATO and who is only in the OSCE? I think then the NATO counterpart condition was put forward so that there would be only Russian troops, but not in any case the troops of the CSTO member states or the Eurasian Union

[Yakut]

The only correct solution would be to "chop" Ukraine along the Dnieper river to the left and right bank. But for that, our negotiating positions are too weak ...

[Stalker]

Glanoe, to prevent NATO!

And if the Chinese and ours ??

[sssss018]

Yes, so that they do not even stand nearby

[Waterfowl]

You forgot that Russian peacekeepers were also in South Ossetia, and what happened? How many have died? Want to repeat in the land of Donbass?

[Denis fj]

Bad idea. In Yugoslavia there were also peacekeepers, and in Georgia. So what? Did it stop Saakashvili? How many times have peacekeepers turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Albanians? It will be the same now. And so it is clear, as soon as the militia begins to win, all kinds of peacekeepers and mediators immediately appear.

[Denis fj]

Only not UN peacekeepers !!! In Israel, these clowns are standing. On the border with Lebanon, several years ago, terrorists entered Israel to abduct soldiers. Two were killed, one was kidnapped. All this happened in front of * UN peacekeepers *. So, they did not intervene and filmed everything that was happening with their moronic comments on video! So let Mr. Pushilin think well if the UN imposes its valiant * peacekeepers *. And they will try to do it. Such speeches are already coming to the UN.

[Denimax]

On one side for sure there will be a PB. On the other, it doesn’t matter. The main thing is where the separation line will go. Maybe you should wait a while with the separation?

[siberalt]

Pushili decides for the DPR on the introduction of peacekeepers. But what about the Luganchans? If there is a Sun of Novorosia, then where is the state that controls them? And Rossi is unlikely to be given a mandate. And who will come? Rescue APU from the boiler?

[Rus2012]

Quote: alex-s

there were no NATO

Chinese specialty - that’s what it will be: both neutral (did not participate in the conflict) and unemotional (as it were) ...

[vityanya.68]

It was time to do it! Many would have survived! The kingdom to them is Heaven!

[Vadim237]

And they continue to lead him further, they will sit under shelling and after a month will fall down with losses.

[Throw]

To end the war, the contingent must be immediately introduced to Kiev. On the Exactly.

[34 region]

Yes, why is there little things with Rivne. Better to take Washington immediately. So it will be more reliable.

[Throw]

Shah, shah .. Not all at once, we will eat the elephant in parts. Washington needs to be taken by political and economic methods, so that the air on the planet is not trapped in isotopes ...

[kashtak]

then the tribunal for the former Ukraine is needed.

[Abbra]

Well, I don’t know ... It’s clear that today Merkel and Oland will discuss with Putin and this option is possible. But is it not possible that the National Guard in this case will simply give another respite?

[dr.star75]

Putin regularly reads VO, so he is aware of all the problems of the "allies".

[Portoss]

It looks like this. How many times already. The ceasefire is only for the benefit of Svidomo.

[Vitaly Anisimov]

Quote: Portoss

It looks like this. How many times already. The ceasefire is only for the benefit of Svidomo.

Well, judging by the seizure of the airport and the creation of the next boiler, the Army of Novorossia also did not sit idly by ... Blood spills like a river, that’s scary! and their overseas owners ..

[VALERIK_097]

Mikhan, what about the Abkhazian scenario? GDP leads to this, and the West with hands down

[navara399]

This is calming ...)))

[dimasialyt]

Quote: Abbra

natsgadam in this case, just give another respite?

In any case, there will be leading ones. Small. Today's talk is just the beginning of the beginning of some kind of "specifics". And given the political "xoxloumor" ....

[sever.56]

If only under a UN mandate and only Russian troops, as in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. If there are "peacekeepers" from NATO countries - that's it, pipe !!! Let us recall Yugoslavia and the role of NATO "peacekeepers" in separating Kosovo from Serbia!

[snifer]

Indeed, in my opinion, peacekeepers can only be introduced with the permission of the UN, and these ........ s will block this decision.

[dr.star75]

Well, that means our troops will come as peacekeepers. They have been waiting for a long time! Everyone does not go and do not go!

[Hubun]

would not hurt ours there

[kergudu straight]

If only Belarusian peacekeepers give their consent, then why not, they’ll just get to the border from Lviv

[simara]

the idea of ​​peacekeepers is not bad ... for example, Kazakhstan and Belarus ... that is, as it were, neutral countries ... 2 divisions in the middle and basta ... and the fact that the Kazakhs and Belarusians fought against fascism .. so it was a long time ago)))

[MMX]

Plus to you!

[Starik72]

Daulet. ...... and the fact that the Kazakhs and Belarusians fought .. so it was a long time ago))) Yes, no Daulet, although it was a long time ago, but we remember it well and honor it, and we will never forget it.

[gryaznov.igor.]

Of course, it is advisable to run the separation line on the border of the DONETSK and LUGAN REGIONS. But the dill does not sag.

[Nissa-on]

Exactly.
If they actively started talking about "blue helmets", then most likely the issue has been resolved. The question of the boundaries of the withdrawal of the parties. It would be great if it were on the administrative boundaries.
And the Ruin itself must eat itself from the inside. Wangyu : Ukraine will be within the Kiev region, the population is 100% diabetes. Why diabetes? And who will eat Roshen?

[kashtak]

their problems

[Gray 43]

When they talk about the possibility of introducing an MC, they mean Westerners, like in Kosovo, but everyone remembers how they did their work - crimes against the Serbs were often hushed up, not without reason the Serbs relied only on Russian peacekeepers

[lexx2038]

I think the militias must reach the end, to the western borders, to grind the fascists, otherwise Ukraine will be divided, the conflict will freeze, and aggressive scumbags who eat (symbolically so far) Russian children will be brought up and armed with American weapons on a large territory of Ukraine, and then they will definitely come, with the support of all "progressive" humanity, under the NATO command. We must beat them now, while this is not an army, but a crowd of lumpen. And then they will have an ideology, learned by Western instructors, an army, and a lot of weapons.

[Yakut]

The problem is, as the example of August 2014 showed, when the successful offensive was stopped, that the situation and decision-making were not led by politicians, but by oligarchic clans. Our oligarchs have significant assets in Ukraine (I can name Zaporozhye alone such giants as the titanium-magnesium plant, the largest in Europe, Dneprospetsstal, silicon-polymer and a number of other enterprises in which the blocking stake in the hands of Russian business. So, how to allow militiamen to develop success ?! After all, the gutted authorities will immediately give the Atu command to them !!! And how do you explain our dear patriotic authorities why they work for us, they flourish and even provide the highest interest on deposits in Privat-Bank branches of Mr. Kolomoisky .
Lipetsk factory Mr. Roshen Mr. Gutted, successfully operating and expanding. Recently opened two new workshops and a branch in Sentsovo. THIS IS THE SAME WHAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE FUCKING FOR WHAT THE WHOLE CIRCUS AND THE PEOPLE SELLING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ze Kot]

Firstly, the militia will have neither the strength nor the technology.
Second, the population of other regions of Ukraine may not want "liberation" at all.

[D_E_A_L_E_R]

Of course you need to stop the war, you look at all this and your heart bleeds. But there is no faith in the western litter, they promise from three boxes, and then they give up everything, under some sort of made-up pretext. Now there are a hundred pound foreign mercenaries and their weapons in the boiler, then Europe swept over. As if then more blood would not be shed.

[Dreiko11]

Peacekeepers from Russia and France. Moreover, a mixed dislocation. And it will turn out as in asetia with our peacekeepers

[Armored optimist]

I propose Ramzan Kadyrov as the head of the peacekeeping force.

[Stinger]

There is a good example. Transnistria.

[lucky]

I doubt that someone will agree to the introduction of Russian MS.
Everyone remembers how the war in Georgia began and how it ended (most importantly, how quickly).

Look, OSCE people are running around there and what? And nothing - just like in the joke "blind-deaf-mute sea captains" ... And MS will be the same. And if there are Russians, then really OH! Half of the field commanders do not care about Ukraine as a country - just let them yap at the Elephant. And the Elephant, as it were, does not care, but even if he does it out of surprise, it will cover both Pug and the audience.

So, as it seems to me, this is nothing more than bargaining for another respite from Kiev to replenish and regroup forces.

[rf xnumx]

Quote: Luckk

Look, OSCE people are running around there and what? And nothing - just like in the joke "blind-deaf-mute sea captains"

These Basilios more often need to be `` kicked '', otherwise I see here and here I don't see

[rugor]

For good, we have nothing to do there, but a holy place doesn’t happen to be empty, we won’t get into NATO like that.

[3axap]

It is clear that my point of view is of little interest to anyone and no one listens to it. But I just wanted to ask them, the demarcation lines are established where ethnic conflicts take place. Here, the Fascist state destroys its people because they do not want to be Fascists .What line will the peacekeepers follow, along the territory of the administrative border of the unrecognized republics or along the front line? And when they agree on this, the leadership of the Unrecognized republics will be asked for an opinion? And then it turns out some sort of Munich conspiracy.

[Major Yurik]

I cry when kakly whine about the territorial integrity of the Krajina. This reminds me of the cry of an old prostitute from a brothel that she needs to return hymen and she will immediately be decent. Yeah, by all means, there’s nowhere to put samples on your gang country!

[Federal]

The wish of New Russia from our grandfathers and fathers!

[Thompson]

Yes, you just have to go there Chechen peacekeepers! And all ukrovisko himself will move to a safe distance!

[navara399]

Chechen peacekeepers are super!
Cool comment!

[biron]

Quote: MIKHAN

After the visit, Merkel and Hollande .. I think Parasha begin to merge and all the devils around him! It’s time to restore order in Ukraine ..! Obama will still answer for Ukraine .. We all remember!

Quote: MIKHAN

After the visit, Merkel and Hollande .. I think Parasha begin to merge and all the devils around him! It’s time to restore order in Ukraine ..! Obama will still answer for Ukraine .. We all remember!

And this is the drain of dill.

[Gardamir]

Stupid suggestion! The idea of ​​a peacekeeping force is dead. Well, maybe the penguins will come there.

[navara399]

The main thing is that the Chinese do not need to enter ... they will not leave. They will build the Chinese wall, pave the roads and ... in short, they will not leave.

[mamont5]

Quote: Corsair

Quote: Victor Kudinov

One could try the Cuban contingent.

This is an option. Also, the Syrians are an option, but it's a pity they are busy ...

But it would be nice. APU they would have sold all the weapons that can still shoot. Then the war is over.

[snifer]

From my bell tower I see the following, the problem has no solution in the form in which they are now trying to solve it. because America does not need peace in Ukraine (they generally put deeply on all this urkain), they need war, but they really don’t want to enter into a conflict with Russia themselves, ideally they need a thermonuclear war (even better) in Europe , in the Middle East, generally around the world except America itself, and along this path they go, something they certainly shrink from fear, but they go. and any agreements and decisions are not worth a foul egg (like Obama’s brain) one seems, It is to recognize the United States as the aggressor, and the Ukrainian authorities as fascists with all the consequences,

[Starik72]

Dmitry. Agree with you ! From the UN rostrum loudly declare: USA is the world aggressor, and Ukraine is a fascist state - destroying its PEOPLE !!!

[Leonidych]

Ramzan’s peacekeepers go there, and give them expanded powers ....

[Balamyt]

There can be no peacekeepers without the Russian contingent!

[epsilon571]

The visit of Merkel and Hollande does not mean anything at all, they are just a screen in a behind-the-scenes game. The main role in this performance is played by the USA. John Kerry's anticipatory arrival with new directions allows only one thing to be said, the military conflict in Ukraine will continue. The republics of Donbass need to continue the offensive right up to administrative borders, a ceasefire will allow the Nazis to lick their wounds and attack again. Living people who visited the “cauldron” of Kiev are extremely dangerous, they can turn weapons against their own, they are doomed to death.

[pahom54]

"At the same time, Pushilin added that the OSCE and Russia do not represent the interests of the warring parties."...

Casuistry ... Whatever one may say, but we, Russia, are vitally interested in the outcome of this confrontation ... And for this reason, all sorts of UNs and the OSCE will be against the Russian contingent, this does not go to the grandmother ...

Well, in addition, it is against the Russian contingent that such provocations will occur that a normal person and in a drunken delirium will not dream of ... But they won’t touch others, they will not be 100% guaranteed ...

[ivanych]

It can be assumed that the idea of ​​attracting a peacekeeping contingent from Russia and the OSCE will not be attractive to Kiev, and the West will not be attractive either. But this is their problem ...

... no hu .. -it was originally -Russian land And there should be only ours, we ourselves will separate the lice from the wool.

[Mama_Cholli]

Peacekeeping contingent can be introduced only then (or under one condition), if Ukrainians depart to the borders of the former Donetsk and Lugansk regions. People living throughout the regions voted for autonomy from Ukraine. If this condition is not met, it turns out that half of the people who expressed a desire to live separately will be in fact located in Ukraine. It is the same if we gave our territory to China to the Ural Mountains.

Pisi: But still, this idea with the peacekeepers seems to me to be NATO’s desire to formally enter Ukraine. Then they will not leave, they will go slowly, year after year, to the border in Russia.
No wonder the old woman Merkel is trying to push this idea. Therefore, we look wider - because of the ocean, the legs grow.

[4445333]

Something I don’t remember, that two sovereigns went to the third for advice in favor of the fourth, which crap I can’t understand. But disgust is prepared and great, such as we warned.

[3axap]

Quote: 4445333

Something I don’t remember, that two sovereigns went to the third for advice in favor of the fourth, which crap I can’t understand. But disgust is prepared and great, such as we warned.

The answer begs that these two mongrels will run from the leader of one sovereign state to the other, because they are not capable of more. This was proved by their guarantees to the legitimate president of the once independent country of Ukraine. Data almost a year ago. They are all independent and there is nothing can’t decide.

[kamikaze]

will start soon

[Ruswolf]

Peacekeepers, that's good.
But one question arises:
WHERE WILL THE CONTINGENT BE ACCOMMODATED?
In the territory that is controlled by the BCH today or in the territory of the DPR and LPR on territorial division?

[pahom54]

And in the meantime:

"Kiev is preparing to accept 50 thousand NATO soldiers.
In the closed part of the state budget of Ukraine for 2015, a secret article lays down the financing of the stay in the Ukrainian territory of 50 thousand NATO soldiers. This was aired on the talk show "Special Correspondent" by Russian television presenter Andrei Karaulov.
Present in the studio, Olesya Yakhno, presented as a Ukrainian political scientist, questioned the data of Karaulov, demanding to give the exact number of the article. In response, the TV presenter said that secret financing of the stay of NATO troops became known during a journalistic investigation, and he insists on the veracity of the information.
"These are not UN blue helmets," Karaulov specified. "
Source: http://tehnowar.ru/16173-Kiev-gotovitsja-prinjat-50-tys-soldat-NATO.html

[Victorio]

Quote: nvv

Quote: nvv

Off-topic. Let the author forgive me. He looked at the photo: "What is Pushilin thinking about? About another MMM?"

I could not bear it. Few cons.
There is a scam.
There are scammers.
There are suckers.
There is M.M.M.
There is Pushilin.
There are .... suckers but for some reason it is not enough ....... only 3, I thought more.

there are still louts, of which there are so many

[kelevra]

It was high time to think about it!

[Chaos]

Quote: Saratovets

No, no, the Cubans are the most!

Frozen, not used to the minuses

[vovan089]

The basis of the "nasty contingent" can be made up of the military personnel of Luxembourg in the amount of 10-15 people (no more). Washington and the EU will agree with this.

[Yasondinalt]

Yes, the stump is clear, in the west they will kick off the peacekeepers from Russia. Well, let it be with a drunken hedgehog. I believe that the DPR-LPR can decide about the "need" of peacekeepers. And of course we are. Do not let everything take its course again!

[Vladimir I]

Who is Pushilin?
Where did he come from?
Where did he participate besides MMM?
A lover of making statements and no more.

[TOR2]

Considering that all all international institutions have turned into a miserable semblance and have lost all objectivity, there is nothing for any contingents to do there.

[Amorales]

Quote: Victor Kudinov

One could try the Cuban contingent.

Well they will freeze there, what are we, animals?

[Gold fish]

The Russian contingent of peacekeepers excludes the presence of Anglo-Saxons. How it will be - time will tell

[colonel manuch]

I agree: to set up peacekeepers along the Dnieper and along the northern administrative (for now!) Borders of the Nikolaev region to the borders of Transnistria. The composition of the contingent of peacekeepers: Russia, countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, European neutrals. Remains of the Armed Forces of Ukraine beyond the Dnieper, without heavy weapons. WE ARE FOR THE WORLD!

[GSVG]

Peacekeepers (if not Russian) pads on his feet and a collar around his neck!

[Starik72]

Brothers! How tired of it all! War and blood! Human pain, torment and tears! Hurry, the Yellowstone Volcano would wake up and destroy this America, I think that these PUPs in Europe would immediately get offended, and stop whining and barking.

[wanderer_032]

It can be assumed that the idea of ​​attracting a peacekeeping contingent from Russia and the OSCE will not be attractive to Kiev, and the West will not be attractive either. But this is their problem ...

Yes, of course. In 2008, in Georgia, too, everything began with peacekeepers.
It can go far. Moreover, neither side trusts each other.
Even if there are two peacekeeping contingents, Russian and EU (count NATO), the situation will also remain tense.
Because the situation in its essence will become very similar to what it was in 1939, when the USSR began to have common borders with Nazi Germany...
This decision requires a very careful approach.
Donbass needs peace, but do “Western partners” want it? That is the question.