Former US Foreign Minister Henry Kissinger on Tuesday (January 17th) pleaded for continued support for Ukraine until a ceasefire can be achieved and said he supports the country's membership of the NATO.
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A proper way out
"
Before this war, I was opposed to Ukraine becoming a member of NATO because I feared that it would cause exactly the process we are seeing now
," he told the World Economic Forum. in Davos, Switzerland.
“
But now that this process has reached this level, a neutral Ukraine under these conditions would no longer make sense
”, he underlined by videoconference, adding that “
Ukraine's accession to NATO would be an appropriate outcome
” once the conflict has been resolved.
Dialogue at all costs
Henry Kissinger, 99, however called for everything to be done to prevent the war "
from turning into a war against Russia
", and to strive to maintain a dialogue with Russia in order to give it "
the opportunity to join the international system
" once peace is concluded.
"
The United States has supported the Ukrainian resistance and should continue that support and if necessary escalate it militarily until a ceasefire line is reached or agreed to in preliminary discussions
," he said. again affirmed the one who was American Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon (1969-1974) and cantor of realpolitik.
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