UN Warns of the New Russian-US Cold War not to happen (keeping good relations between the two countries)
The Cold War is a term for a period of political and military tension between the Western World, led by the United States and its NATO allies, with the Communist World, led by the Soviet Union and its satellite allies. This event began after the success of the Allies in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, which left the United States and the Soviet Union as the world's two superpowers with great ideological, economic and military disparities.
Through the website of REPUBLIKA.CO.ID: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned Russia's relationship with the United States is deteriorating to a situation similar to what took place during the Cold War. He called for the relationship to be maintained so that the former war would not happen again in the present.
Just days after the United States announced it would expel 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations on British toxic attacks, Guterres urged Washington and Moscow to rebuild communication channels to prevent tensions from rising. "In the Cold War there was a mechanism of communication and control to keep the incidents going up, to make sure things did not get out of control as tensions increased," said Guterres to the media crew of REPUBLIKA.CO .ID.
The Cold War, which ran for four decades after the Second World War, was marked by the geopolitical tension of the United States and its Western allies on the one hand with the Soviet Union and other eastern bloc countries. The United States said on Monday Washington would expel 60 Russian diplomats, including 12 of whom were stationed on Russia's mission to the United Nations in New York. The expulsion by the United States is a punishment by countries in Europe against the Kremlin over the nervous toxicity of former Russian spies in Britain, which they allegedly committed by Moscow, (in which case Russia denies it was their attack).
Russia has denied any involvement in the March 4 attack. On Thursday, Moscow announced it would also expel 60 US diplomats and close the US consulate in St Petersburg.
Washington and Moscow have been involved in a series of disputes over the annexation of the Crimean annexation in Ukraine by Russia, the war in Syria and the allegations that Russia is interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Russia is also worried that US President Donald Trump is planning military action against the Syrian government over allegations the use of chemical weapons in the longstanding conflict in Syria.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Washington remains ready to act if required. It's like it did in April last year when the US bombed a Syrian government air base, which it said was used as a place to launch a deadly poison gas attack. Guterres emphasized the key difference between the current situation and the Cold War is that now there are many relatively independent actors who play an important role in many conflicts now with the known risks of tension.
Meanwhile a ceasefire supported by the United States and Russia in the southwestern region of Syria goes well. Activists who observed the area said there was no fighting or air strikes and some rebel groups confirmed the calm atmosphere.
This partial negotiations were reached ahead of a new round of UN-sponsored Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is visiting Ukraine, has asked Russia to take a "first step" to end the separatist conflict there.
He said that sanctions on Russia will remain 'until Moscow reverses their actions'.
The war in Ukraine -with Russia's annexation of the Crimea in 2014 and Moscow's military support of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, led to tensions between the two countries.
Last month US Senators on moon vote imposed fresh sanctions on Russia over the intervention of last year's presidential election. They also agreed to speed up the process that would make Congress hamper any attempt by President Trump to lower the sanctions.
Reference :
http://www.republika.co.id
https://id.wikipedia.org
https://international.sindonews.com
http://www.bbc.com