He responded again, publicly suggesting "ceding territory to the treaty" to anger Ukrainian territory | NATO | Ukraine
The Director of the Office of the Secretary General of NATO, Stephen Jensen, recently proposed that Ukraine could give up some of its territory in exchange for NATO membership, which angered Ukraine. According to Norwegian newspaper World Road on the 16th, Jensen has once again publicly responded to this topic.
On the 15th local time, when attending a discussion in Norway, Stephen Jensen talked about Ukraine's application to join NATO. He said, "I think one solution could be for Ukraine to give up some of its territory to Russia in exchange for NATO membership."
Yansen also stated that discussions on Ukraine's post-war status are ongoing, and other participating parties have proposed Ukraine's cession of territory. However, he also said, "Ukraine must decide the time and conditions they want to negotiate."
The above statement was immediately fiercely criticized by the Ukrainian side. Podolyak, the chief advisor of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, posted on social media saying, "Exchanging territory for a NATO umbrella? This is ridiculous." Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolanko responded by saying that Jensen's proposal is "absolutely unacceptable.".
NATO quickly made a "appeasing" gesture. According to the Ukrainian newspaper Eur Pravda, a NATO official reiterated NATO's "clear and firm" support for Ukraine: "We fully support Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as reiterated by NATO leaders at the Vilnius summit in July. We will continue to support Ukraine whenever necessary, and we are committed to achieving a just and lasting peace."
After the public suggestion of "ceding land and entering the treaty" caused a huge uproar, Stephen Jensen responded once again. The World Road Journal, which initially reported on Yansen's suggestion, stated on the 16th that Yansen had "made slight modifications" to the above statement: "My relevant statement is part of a broader discussion about the possible future situation in Ukraine. But I shouldn't say that, this is wrong."
Jensen told the media, "If - as I emphasized - it reaches a point where negotiations are possible, then the military situation, territory, and control on the ground will be the core issues and will inevitably have a decisive impact on the possible outcome of this war."
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Yansen also stated that another focus is on Ukraine's need for future security guarantees. He believes that "the Ukrainian war started in 2014" and "we intend to ensure that this situation does not happen again after the war ends, no matter how it ends."
However, when asked what "security" is, Jensen said, "I won't make any predictions about it now. The most important thing now is to ensure that the Ukrainians make progress on the battlefield, and we will handle the remaining matters later."
Jensen also declined to comment on whether NATO is willing to discuss how to end this conflict.
Since the escalation of the conflict between Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine has repeatedly expressed its willingness to join NATO. At the NATO summit in July this year, NATO reiterated that Ukraine will join NATO in the future and simplify the accession process, but did not issue an invitation to join the treaty or provide a timetable for Ukraine's accession. The leaders of the United States and Germany have publicly stated that the timing for Ukraine's accession to the treaty is not yet ripe.