Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said yesterday that Russia’s military operation in Ukraine showed that there was no longer any reason for the latter to remain outside NATO, although he had previously opposed this step, which Kyiv had long sought. political realism, and a few months ago called for a ceasefire in Ukraine, even if that would require concessions to some of Russia’s military gains.
Heinz Alfred Kissinger (born May 27, 1923) is an American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as Secretary of State and National Security Adviser to the governments of Presidents Nixon and Ford, a Jewish refugee who fled with his family from Nazi Germany in 1938. He became a security adviser, a nationalist in 1969, and US Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions in the Vietnam ceasefire negotiations, Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 under controversial circumstances.
