Ukraine’s future NATO membership poses a threat to Russia, Putin says

The future income of Ukraine in the NATO represents a threat to Russiaand in fact this possibility was one of the causes that led to Moscow to make the decision to start the war against the neighboring country, declared today the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

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“Regarding Ukraine’s entry into the NATOwe have repeatedly stated that this creates threats to the security of Russia, It is obvious. And, in fact, one of the causes of the special military operation is the threat of the entry of Ukraine in the NATO”, Putin said in statements to Russian public television.

The Russian president expressed his conviction that joining the NATO “It will not increase the safety of one’s own Ukrainewill make the world more vulnerable and will lead to additional tensions at the international level.”

“That’s why I don’t see anything good in this, the positions are well known and were expressed a long time ago”he added.

noted that Moscow is not against discussing security guarantees for Ukraine, “but with mandatory security guarantees for Russia”.

“Any country has the right to guarantee its security, and of course, it has the right to choose the path to achieve this objective that it considers most correct.”, he indicated.

However, he qualified that “There is only one limitation, which is related to the fact that guaranteeing the security of one country should not create threats for another country.”

“For this reason we start from the comprehension that this principle, declared on multiple occasions in various international documentswill be taken into account“, said.

Putin recalled that last April the draft agreement on istanbul to end the war was “thrown into the garbage can by the regime of kyiv despite the fact that in it were expressed in great detail the issues related to the safety of Ukraine”.

“We would still have to think if we agree with everything that was expressed there, but I consider that in general terms it was an acceptable document”indicated, noting that Russia He is not against discussing security guarantees.

Source: Elcomercio

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