Former NATO Secretary General: Action against Iran will not benefit Israel

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting The “Kourier” newspaper, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Secretary General of NATO, does not expect Israel to respond to Iran’s attack on the occupied territories, which was actually carried out in response to the regime’s attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, with a counterattack.

Rasmussen said in an interview with reporters in Vienna: “It would be surprising if the Zionist regime gives an answer. The Iranians said they consider the issue closed, and I don’t think it would serve Israel’s real interests to respond to Iran’s attack.” He was the chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization until 2014, he emphasized: “In this situation, many things are at stake.” It is not in Israel’s interests, nor is it in the interests of the international community, to turn this conflict into a large-scale and open regional war. Rasmussen said: “The war between Israel and Iranian proxies may escalate. But I don’t expect a direct armed conflict between Israel and Iran.” He said: However, in the long run, a two-state solution is “the only sustainable solution to the Middle East conflict” and, according to Rasmussen, an international peacekeeping force is needed to monitor the peace agreement. According to him, in this regard, NATO can of course play a role, perhaps with other international forces. But here and now? No, I don’t think NATO will play a role.

Rasmussen, who was in Vienna at the invitation of the Industrial Association (IV) in cooperation with Oberbank, when discussing the forecast He was asked about the progress of the war in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of international support for this country attacked by Russia. “If we provide what the Ukrainians need – not just to survive, but what they actually need to drive the Russians out of Ukraine – then I believe there is a real chance,” he said. that Ukraine can win this war. We have so far been too hesitant to give Ukrainians what they need.

In Rasmussen’s view, support for Ukraine should not be weakened, even though in many countries in Discuss it. He emphasized: But we must remain steadfast. Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be allowed to succeed in Ukraine. If we accept that a large country simply takes over the territory of its smaller neighbors, then it sends a very dangerous signal to the whole world.

Rasmussen calls for ” It became a completely new security architecture” in Europe – “a security architecture in which Ukraine joins NATO”. Of course, this would be “unprecedented and also a challenge” because the country is at war, he added. But I believe it paves the way for peace because it sends a clear message to Putin: whatever you do, whatever you think, you cannot prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. So it is better for him to end hostilities.

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