“The general secretary of the Nato Stoltenberg thanked the allied countries? No, she has only one man to thank who filled a sleeping Nato with Viagra: Vladimir Putin. I jokingly argue that the allies should make an equestrian statue of Putin at the entrance to the NATO headquarters in Brussels”. It is the broadside that the ambassador Richard Sessa spear at Natoduring Coffee Break (La7), in a debate centered on the summit of the countries adhering to the Atlantic alliance a Vilniuswhere a new aid package for Ukraine will be agreed.
The diplomat also comments on the displeased tweet by Zelensky (‘There seems to be no willingness either to invite Ukraine to NATO or to make it a member of the Alliance. (…) Uncertainty is weakness’): “We never wanted to make it clear to Zelensky, but in reality we all know That Ukraine’s NATO membership is impossible as long as there are military operations. The allied countries know it very well, it’s that no one has had the courage to say it openly Zelensky, who certainly deluded himself – he continues – And in my opinion it was the West that deluded him. We continue to play on NATO or/and EU membership as if it were the panacea that solves all problems. There are times and definitely continuing to insist on Ukraine joining NATO is a way of not facilitating the start of serious negotiations to end the war”.
The article Ambassador Sessa on La7: “Putin has filled NATO with Viagra, allied countries should make him a statue. Zelensky? He was deluded by the West” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.