Radosław Sikorski upbraids Moscow for being “incapable of living in peace” with its neighbors following a series of incursions into NATO airspace.
Russia shouldn’t complain at the United Nations if its missiles or aircraft are shot down after entering NATO airspace, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned Moscow on Monday.
Sikorski was speaking at an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council in New York. The summit was convened after three Russian military jets entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes on Sept. 19 before being repelled by Italian F-35s representing NATO.
“I have only one request to the Russian government: If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or by mistake, and gets shot down and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don’t come here to whine about it,” Sikorski said. “You have been warned.”
Not to be outdone, Sikorski sent a further barb Moscow’s way in New York: “We know you don’t care for international law, and you are incapable of living in peace with your neighbors. Your insane nationalism contains a lust for domination that will not cease until you realize that the age of empires is over and that your empire will not be rebuilt.”
Pundits have been promising a Vietnamese alignment with the US since the 90s.
We send our people over. The Vietnamese diplomatic core is always very polite and accommodating. A thousand excited Op-Eds burst from their eggs. Nothing happens.
They’ve engaged with China (most notably over the BRI, where they trail their neighbors Laos and Cambodia substantially) in similar fashion.
Trump’s abrasive and obnoxious new cabinet hasn’t improved anything. But the losses - in this instance - are heavily overstated.
Pissing off Modi’s India was a much bigger deal, by comparison.