Lithuania supports sending NATO troops to Ukraine
| Despite NATO's insistence that it will refrain from direct involvement in the war in Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister says he supports sending NATO troops to Kiev. |
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quoted from Mehr News Agency In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrieli Landsbergis announced that the country supports the deployment of air defense experts and trainers in Ukraine.
He said: NATO can create a coalition of military trainers to be sent to Ukraine. If such action is taken, participating countries must provide their military personnel with additional air defense cover.
A week ago, the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera” announced that the leaders of the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will probably agree at their upcoming meeting in Washington. Abandon direct involvement in the war in Ukraine.
According to this newspaper, as stated in the draft of this meeting, NATO leaders in their upcoming meeting in July will probably follow the framework and formula of “No to the deployment of military forces”. They will reach Ukraine. The NATO summit will be held in Washington on July 9-11.
As stated in this report, one of the basic clauses in the draft document of this meeting is that NATO “will not send any Syrians to war.”
The newspaper also added: The leaders of the countries are also planning at this meeting to transfer the chairmanship of the contact group related to the defense of Ukraine from the US Secretary of Defense to the NATO headquarters. transfer in Brussels.
A week ago, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that this military alliance has no plans to send military forces to Ukraine, but some NATO members have military advisors. They were sent to Kiev.
By publishing a statement, he said: There is no plan for NATO to play a combat role, but of course some NATO allies have men and women in their embassies. who are wearing uniforms to give advice etc.
NATO Secretary General continued: I think there is a difference between the people who are wearing military uniforms and are present there (Ukraine) and the combat forces, this kind of presence of the program It is not broken.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in February that Western leaders are discussing the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, and he acknowledged that a consensus is yet to be reached. It has not been done, but according to him, “Nothing can be rejected.
The Secretary General of NATO announced last week that Ukraine may have to reach some sort of agreement with Russia to end the war. In this regard, he said: Even if our belief and hope is that the war will end in the near future, the West should still support Ukraine in the long term. Western countries should invest in Kiev’s defense capabilities so that this country becomes more resistant in case of future wars.
At the same time, Stoltenberg pointed out that the time and terms of peace with Moscow depend on Ukraine. He admitted: Finally, Ukraine should decide on the type of agreement and compromise with Russia. The role of the West is to help Kiev to be in a position to negotiate and achieve the desired result.
However, he claimed that he “will not push Kyiv towards any concessions and blackmail” and further claimed that real peace can only be achieved through victory. Ukraine is available.
He also pointed to the closeness of Russia, China and Iran, and said that the West has faced a “coalition of authoritarians”. The Secretary General of NATO claimed: China strengthens Russia’s war economy by sending the main parts of the defense industry to this country, and in return, Moscow has mortgaged its future to Beijing! Russia also provides Iran and North Korea with technology in exchange for ammunition and military equipment!
He called on NATO members and other countries, regardless of geographical location, such as Japan and South Korea, to stand up against “this powerful coalition of authoritarian powers.”
Stoltenberg, earlier asking Western countries for long-term support for Kiev, said NATO members should “reduce dependence on voluntary aid and rely more and more on rely on their obligations as a NATO member. According to reports, Stoltenberg proposed a five-year military aid package worth $107 billion for Ukraine.
