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Kissinger is in favor of Ukraine joining NATO
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has changed his mind about Ukraine joining NATO after the Russian invasion. Under the current conditions, “the idea of a neutral Ukraine no longer makes sense,” said the 99-year-old.
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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has spoken out in favor of Ukraine joining NATO in view of the Russian war of aggression.
“Before this war, I was against Ukraine’s membership because I feared it could start the very process we are seeing now,” Kissinger said on Tuesday via video link at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
For months, the longtime top diplomat had spoken out in favor of a ceasefire in Ukraine that would have gone hand in hand with the recognition of Russian territorial gains. But in his message to the WEF, Kissinger now said that NATO membership would be an “appropriate consequence” of the Russian invasion.
In justifying the war of aggression against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin described Kiev’s NATO efforts as a threat.
Realpolitiker Kissinger emphasized that it was important not to let the war become a “war against Russia itself” and to give Russia an opportunity “to rejoin the international system”.
(SDA)