In a statement issued on Wednesday 19 March, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) refers to the recent call between U.S President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concerning the situation in Ukraine. The statement (here in Greek) reads:
“The drumbeats about a ceasefire in the 3-year imperialist war in Ukraine, between the US, NATO, EU and capitalist Russia, cannot overshadow the real facts and the painful reality of the continuation of the war that tortures the peoples of Ukraine and Russia, as well as the dangers for other peoples.
The partial, fragile ceasefire agreement on energy infrastructure between Trump – Putin, within the framework of the US-Russia bargain, does not annul the real causes, the imperialist competitions for control of markets and wealth-producing sources that caused the imperialist war.
The limited ceasefire agreement is part of the negotiation process for the division of territory, energy and other infrastructure, and mineral wealth, based on the faits accomplis formed by the invasion of the Russian army and the occupation of Ukrainian territories.
The imperialist peace and the related arrangements and compromises that bear the stamp of the aspirations of the bourgeois classes and imperialist alliances, are the other side of the imperialist war. The presentation of Trump as a peacemaker is a provocation for the peoples who have experienced and are experiencing the role of American imperialism.
Both the USA, the EU, Ukraine, as well as Russia, while talking about a "ceasefire” are intensifying war preparations, while the Greek government, with the support of the pro-NATO parties, is involved in the imperialist war, supporting the EU’s war economy and the massive 800 billion euro plan of the so-called “European defense”, at the expense of our people and other peoples.
The defense of the lives and interests of the peoples requires the development of an independent struggle to eliminate the causes that cause imperialist wars, to overthrow capitalist barbarity.”
The limited ceasefire agreement is part of the negotiation process for the division of territory, energy and other infrastructure, and mineral wealth, based on the faits accomplis formed by the invasion of the Russian army and the occupation of Ukrainian territories.
The imperialist peace and the related arrangements and compromises that bear the stamp of the aspirations of the bourgeois classes and imperialist alliances, are the other side of the imperialist war. The presentation of Trump as a peacemaker is a provocation for the peoples who have experienced and are experiencing the role of American imperialism.
Both the USA, the EU, Ukraine, as well as Russia, while talking about a "ceasefire” are intensifying war preparations, while the Greek government, with the support of the pro-NATO parties, is involved in the imperialist war, supporting the EU’s war economy and the massive 800 billion euro plan of the so-called “European defense”, at the expense of our people and other peoples.
The defense of the lives and interests of the peoples requires the development of an independent struggle to eliminate the causes that cause imperialist wars, to overthrow capitalist barbarity.”