Juncker’s warning about the risk of a major war

– International News – Tasnim News Agency, Yan-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, in a conversation with Kleiner Zeitung about the occurrence of a major war in the shadow of the rhetoric of the Ukraine war. Given Russia’s war against Ukraine, he warned that only weapons should be discussed. In an interview with Kleine Zeitung, Juncker said: Europe is The air is before the war because some of the statements and positions remind me of the rhetoric of the Cold War.

This former European official stressed that in this situation only weapons are being discussed.

He expressed hope that the war rhetoric would not lead to a “big war”.

At the same time, Juncker claimed that the situation was not Europe’s fault, but due to the “massive misconduct” of Vladimir Putin. He has been the president of Russia. He also said that he knows Putin well. I have done with him (Putin). I spoke to him for hours, even at night, in German, without the intervention of diplomats or interpreters. But now I am discouraged.

In another part of this conversation, he expressed his displeasure about not taking the warnings of Eastern European countries about Russia’s attack seriously and admitted his mistake in this regard.

He also said: I am not a warmonger in the sense that I want to talk only about weapons. I believe that in order to end this war, we should look for other forms behind the armed front.

Juncker said at the same time: But this war should not lead to a peace dictated by Russia. This should be prevented.

He said about French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent idea of ​​sending troops to Ukraine that this idea surprised him, but did not shock him.

Juncker added: “There is also a calculated strategy in this case, which says that you should not tell the enemy who appears as an opponent what the red lines are, and I put this in the category of tactical moves.

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In another part of his speech, he supported the idea of ​​a European army and said: But its implementation is not so easy. This thinking has remained national in Europe and should become European.

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