Today, the foremost priority should be dialogue itself: a renewal of the ability to interact, listen to, and hear one another. Promising signs are now emerging, though initial efforts have yielded only modest and fragile results: the Minsk agreement on a ceasefire and military disengagement in Ukraine; the trilateral gas agreement concluded by Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union; and a halt to the escalation of mutual sanctions.
如今，最重要的优先项应该是对话本身：重启彼此互动、倾听（listen to）和聆听（hear）的能力。积极的信号正在显现，尽管初始努力只产生了少量分散的结果：关于乌克兰停火和去军事化的明斯克协议（Minsk agreement）、俄罗斯、乌克兰和欧盟三方天然气协议、停止互相加强制裁等。