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Ukraine criticizes NATO official's comments on territorial division in exchange for membership: We don't do trade

2023-08-16 21:42:10Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the NATO summit, held in July.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry and senior officials in Kyiv have criticized comments made by top NATO official Stian Jenssen, who has speculated that aptly allocating part of Ukrainian territory to Russia in exchange for Kiev's NATO membership could be a way to end the war.

"We have always believed that the alliance, like Ukraine, does not trade territories," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko said in a Facebook post.

Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security Council, called the comments of Jenssen, chief of staff to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, as "bizarre".

"It is absolutely unclear why he did this," Danilov said.

During a panel discussion on August 15 in Arendal, Norway, Jenssen made the comments, saying it could serve as a "possible solution" to ending the conflict.

He also mentioned that Russia is facing many military challenges and appears "unrealistic that it can take new territories" and reiterated NATO's position that the decision to negotiate with Russia rests with Kiev.

NATO's media service told RFE/RL on Wednesday that the statement on the territories was "wrong"

Jenssen told a Norwegian newspaper that he shouldn't speak so plainly.

"My statements have been part of a broader discussion about possible scenarios for Ukraine, and I shouldn't have stated it that way. It was wrong," he told Norwegian newspaper VG.

However, he has not backed off the idea of giving up land in exchange for NATO membership.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a July NATO summit in Vilnius that Kiev was "dedicated to liberating all Ukrainian territory and would never accept partition of territory as part of the deal with Moscow."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Jenssen's comments a "false statement with a political goal," reiterating Moscow's opposition to Ukraine's possible NATO membership.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently vice chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Telegram that "to enter NATO, the Kiev authorities must give up kiev itself, the capital of ancient Russia."

The war in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the war a "special military operation" to demilitarize Ukraine.

The West has responded to Russia, hitting the country's economy with harsh sanctions.

Thousands of people have died as a result of the war and millions more have been displaced from their homes. Radio Free Europe


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