2023-08-15 13:01:30
NATO chief of staff
“Ukraine might cede territory to Russia for NATO membership”
During a panel discussion in Arendal, Norway, Stian Jenssen drew attention with a suggestion. His boss Stoltenberg has always said that Ukraine will negotiate the terms.
Published15. Aug 2023, 3:01 p.m
NATO Chief of Staff Stian Jenssen sees the transfer of Ukrainian territories to Russia as an opportunity to accept Ukraine into the alliance in return.
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So far, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has always insisted that all territories should be recaptured, including the peninsula that has been occupied since 2014.
Jenssen’s boss Stoltenberg has always emphasized that it is up to Ukraine to determine the time and conditions for negotiations.
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Until any negotiations, however, Ukraine will win back areas, if at all – according to Jenssen, the Russian army is “enormously damaged” militarily.
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The NATO chief of staff has proposed that Ukraine cede territories to Russia in order to join NATO.
The alliance has agreed to send an invitation to Kiev.
When and under what conditions is currently still in the stars.
After much back and forth, the NATO countries agreed in mid-July that the Ukraine will definitely be included in the defense alliance should – “if the allies agree and certain conditions are met”. Stian Jenssen, Chief of Staff of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, has now clarified this cryptic statement.
Crimean peninsula once morest joining NATO?
Jenssen sees one Possibility for Ukraine to join, for example in that the country gives up certain areas to Russia in return. “I think one solution might be for Ukraine to give up territory and get NATO membership in return,” he said Tuesday at a panel discussion in Arendal, Norway. This writes the newspaper “Verdens Gang”.
NATO boss Stoltenberg had always emphasized that it was up to Ukraine, both when and how To determine conditions for negotiations with Vladimir Putin. However, Jenssen now points out that one has to think regarding what the security situation in Ukraine will look like following the war.
«Russia cannot conquer new territories»
«Russia is military badly damaged and seems unable to conquer new territories», so the assessment of the NATO chief of staff. Now it is a matter of which areas Ukraine can reconquer. “I’m not saying that this swap is the only solution – but it might be a possibility,” concludes Jenssen.
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