According to the head of the Munich Security Conference, Germany should consider what guarantees it can give to Ukraine. “We should no longer rule out Ukraine’s membership in NATO,” said Christoph Heusgen.
The Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, believes that Germany should no longer rule out Ukraine’s membership in NATO. Confidence in this is the long-term adviser of the former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on foreign policy issues expressed in an interview with the Bayern media group, excerpts from which were published on Wednesday, October 26.
In April 2008, Merkel, who at that time held the post of head of the German Cabinet of Ministers, at the summit of the North Atlantic Alliance in Bucharest, supported the position on the failure to provide Kyiv with an action plan to prepare for to NATO membership. Before this, in March 2008, Merkel said at a meeting of the highest command of the Bundeswehr: “I believe that states that are currently involved in internal and regional conflicts cannot apply for membership in NATO. “
According to Christoph Heusgen, at this stage the situation changed, because the President of Russia Vladimir Putin violated international law.
“We should think about what guarantees we can give to Ukraine,” said the head of the Munich Security Conference. He made the reservation that he did not want to prejudge the question. “However, I believe that we should no longer rule out Ukraine’s membership in NATO,” Heusgen stressed.
Heusgen: Putin’s nuclear threats are primarily addressed to Germany
Commenting on the situation with the nuclear threats of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the chairman of the Munich Security Conference said that they mainly aim to influence Germany.
“Threats to use nuclear weapons are mainly addressed in Germany,” said Christoph Heusgen. According to him, the President of the Russian Federation in this way is trying to increase fears and weaken support for Ukraine. “We’re back to the logic of the Cold War,” Heusgen said.
He added that the US made it clear to Moscow that the use of nuclear weapons would be disastrous for Russia.
“I can’t imagine that among the Russian generals there are suicides that can carry out such an order,” pointed out the chairman of the conference. In his opinion, the Russian leader does not want to put himself in a situation of total international isolation. China will not forgive Russia for using nuclear weapons either, insists Christoph Heusgen.
Source: DW
It was previously reported that NATO and Romania agreed to train Ukrainian paramedics.
Remember, on September 30, Ukraine applied to join NATO in an accelerated manner.
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