Stoltenberg admits that after leaving NATO, Kiev must accept the surrender of the territory
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted by Rashatoudi, Jens Stoltenberg, the former Secretary General of NATO, in the first interview after the end of his term as the Secretary General of this alliance, emphasized that In order to achieve peace and security guarantees, Kiev must accept Russia’s control over a part of the territory of Ukraine.
On October 1, Stoltenberg ended his 10-year tenure as NATO Secretary General and was replaced by Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The former Holland gave. In this detailed interview with the Financial Times, he said that Kiev should probably reconsider its view of restoring the 1991 borders as a prerequisite for a peace agreement.
The former Secretary General of NATO said: After the American November elections, there will be new developments and these developments will probably In the area of ways to try to advance on the battlefield, it will be around the negotiation table.
He added: The West should provide the conditions and enable Ukraine to sit at the negotiating table with the Russians. to get something acceptable; Something that will make them survive as an independent country.
Former NATO Secretary General about his proposal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, something similar to the Soviet-Finnish resolution that It was approved 85 years ago and added: Finland fought a brave battle against the former Soviet Union in 1939. They cost the Red Army far more than expected. The war ended with the surrender of 10% of their territory, but the Finns got a secure border in return.
According to the March 1940 treaty, Finland handed over a major part of Karelia and Vipuri to the Soviet Union. did Vipuri was the second largest city of this country at that time. Stoltenberg claimed that even if “there is a line that is not necessarily part of the official international border, it can still get security guarantees.”
He reminded that the US defense treaty with Japan, Tokyo’s claim on the Kuril Islands, which are part of Russia It does not cover the Soviet Union, and although East Germany was controlled by an independent and united Soviet government at that time, West Germany was accepted into NATO.
He added: wanting is being able and a solution can be found. But in order to benefit from Article 5 of NATO, there should be a border and Ukraine should have control over all the land behind that line.
Stoltenberg is referring to the main article of the North Atlantic Treaty, according to which all members are obliged to defend each other. Russia has emphasized that it will not accept Zelensky’s plan known as the “Peace Formula” and will not return the Crimean Peninsula and the four regions that it annexed to this country at the beginning of military operations in Ukraine in February 2022.
