Stoltenberg stressed that NATO is not encouraging anyone, and only Russian President Vladimir Putin and his regime are responsible for the war in Ukraine.
The many years of NATO assistance to Ukraine were not a provocation, and only Russian President Vladimir Putin and his regime were responsible for the war in Ukraine. This was stated by Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who commented on the words of the Pope that the war in Ukraine was “provoked in a certain way”, reports European Truth.
“NATO is a defense alliance, and the war in Ukraine is President Putin’s war, he decided to wage this war against an independent sovereign country,” Stoltenberg said.
According to him, NATO has been supporting Ukraine for many years, providing training assistance, assisting the Ukrainian armed forces with equipment.
“This is not a threat to anyone, this is not a provocation, and this is what we continue to do. It is President Putin and Moscow who are responsible for the brutal aggression against the independent country of Ukraine,” he said. of the secretary general.
It will be recalled that in an interview with the Italian press, Pope Francis said that “NATO is barking at Russia” and that the Alliance could provoke Moscow to invade Ukraine. Foreign leaders were surprised at this statement by the Pontiff. Thus, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern about the statements of the Pope of Rome about the war in Ukraine.
Earlier, the Pope spoke about talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in which he spoke about the Russians ’plans to end the war in Ukraine on May 9.
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