West should take Moscow’s interests into account – Kissinger
The West should take Moscow’s interests into account to prevent Russia from becoming “an outpost of China in Europe,” former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Kissinger hailed NATO’s united response to Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine and said the alliance should be maintained as it “has grown into an institution reflecting European and American collaboration in an almost unique way.”
The refusal of China to condemn the Russian military offensive in Ukraine and its increasing cooperation with Moscow are the latest items in a long list of disagreements between Washington and Beijing. The US-led West responded to Russia’s “aggression” by imposing hard-hitting sanctions on Moscow.
Commenting on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the former secretary of state said that there was “no excuse” for what President Vladimir Putin has done. In his opinion, the Russian leader, whom he had always viewed as “a thoughtful analyst,” is the “head of a declining country” and “he’s lost his sense of proportion in this crisis.”