Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Tuesday pleaded for continued support for Ukraine until a ceasefire is reached and said he supports the country’s accession to NATO.

“Before this war, I was against Ukraine becoming a member of NATO because I was afraid that it would cause exactly the process that we are seeing now,” he said during a video conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to AFP. and Agerpress.

“But now, when this process has reached such a level, a neutral Ukraine under these conditions would no longer make sense,” Henry Kissinger noted, adding that after the conflict was resolved, “Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be an appropriate result.”

“Let it not turn into a war against Russia”

Henry Kissinger, at the age of 99, nevertheless urged to do everything possible so that the war does not “turn into a war against Russia” and to try to maintain a dialogue with Moscow to give it “an opportunity to join the international system.” after making peace.

“The United States has supported the Ukrainian resistance and must continue this support and, if necessary, strengthen it militarily until a cease-fire line is reached or accepted during preliminary discussions,” Kissinger also said. , who served as US Secretary of State during the mandate of US President Richard Nixon.

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