Bulgarian President Rumen Radev stated Tuesday that the query isn’t if, however when Ukraine will turn out to be a member of NATO, in keeping with the Bulgarian state-run BTA news company.
“And the answer will depend as well as on the development on the battlefield, on the possibility to settle peace, sustainable and just peace. Of course, Ukraine is a sovereign country and has the freedom to decide,” he stated in a speech in Athens at a world discussion board on sustainable peace.
Maintaining that the struggle in Ukraine led to monumental challenges for Bulgaria, the EU and the world normally, Radev stated: “Every day of the Russian war in Ukraine is a growing risk to world peace. This war has become already a war of attrition, of global economic clash, generating tremendous human suffering and material damage, draining our economic and social systems, feeding political instability and populism.”
Arguing that involved events to the struggle — Russia, Ukraine and the West — have underestimated one another and paid hefty costs, he urged diplomacy and negotiations to finish the battle.
Particularly on the matter of potential troop deployment to Ukraine by NATO, Radev burdened that “on the one hand, I can understand the concerns of some political leaders that if we don’t support Ukraine with everything, including troops, we betray our values. On the other hand, we have to be clear that NATO should and will not enter this war, especially with troops on the ground.”
Asked about his expectations for the admission of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen space by land, he warned, “I believe that keeping Bulgaria and Romania out of Schengen does not contribute to the stability and prosperity of Europe, nor to the military mobility we need in times of crisis and war.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr