Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, in an interview with the editorial board Redaktionsnetzwerk Germany (RND) said the West didn’t care about what Russian President Vladimir Putin described as red lines on Ukraine’s possible accession to NATO.
According to him, NATO has been and remains open to states whose governments and parliaments have decided to join the alliance. He identified Finland and Sweden as examples.
Putin has nothing to say in this situation, he has no veto power, he really needs to stay away (…) Frankly, we don’t care what he identifies or feels as a red line,” he said. said alliance.
He added that if Ukraine joins the ranks of NATO countries, the entire alliance will become stronger than ever before.
Also Rasmussen declarationThat Ukraine could be admitted to the alliance “in pieces” by mentioning Western Ukraine.
At the same time, he sort ofThat it would be a strategic mistake to wait for the end of the Ukrainian conflict to accept Ukraine into NATO. The former secretary-general also expressed the view that as a result, the conflict would prolong indefinitely.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz so-called causeAccordingly, Ukraine will not be able to join NATO.