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Significantly, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has indeed come to Kyiv for the first time since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. But it is also important that his mandate ends this autumn and after him there will obviously be another head, because Stoltenberg has worked in this post for nine years. This was announced on the air of the FREEDOM TV channel by political scientist Maxim Dzhigun.
“He has prospects to continue his career in Norway. And even Stoltenberg’s press secretary said that Jens no longer wants to continue his mandate and would like to go to some other business. Therefore, it is clear that he will try to leave office, transfer powers to no less pro-Ukrainian candidate or candidate,” he said.
Jigun recalled that there are many other candidates for the post of NATO Secretary General.
“In particular, these are Chrystia Freeland, a Canadian with Ukrainian roots, and Boris Johnson, and many other politicians who are distinguished by their anti-Russian and pro-Ukrainian nature. Therefore, it seems to me that, firstly, with this visit, Stoltenberg wanted to demonstrate some kind of continuity, this may be his final visit to Ukraine as Secretary General. And this is such a tribute to Ukraine for what it does for NATO as a whole,” he said.
The political scientist also commented on Russia’s reaction to this visit of the NATO Secretary General.
“It seems to me that the entry is, say, not instantaneous, but rather quick in NATO and the absence of any negative reaction from Russia, even Putin said that this is not even bad, they will not interfere with us in any way. This just means that all this bravado and this whole story that they attacked Ukraine because of the unwillingness to expand NATO is a lie, this is an absolutely far-fetched reason for the internal electorate, which means nothing. And it seems to me that the fact that Stoltenberg came, that there is support from most NATO countries regarding Ukraine, is a clear confirmation that no one pays attention to Russia today in the context of its red lines. They were reckoned with until a full-scale invasion. Today it does not matter,” said Dzhigun.
Earlier, Dzhigun expressed the opinion that the presentation of the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Ukraine at the upcoming summit in Vilnius would be a step backwards.
