The head of the Munich Security Conference, Christopher Heusgen, who previously spoke out in support of the peace initiatives proposed by Ukraine, said that the allies should provide Ukraine with strong security guarantees in case Russia wants to attack again.. It is reported by Ukrinform.

Zelensky, according to Heusgen, rightly demands security guarantees more or less equivalent to NATO membership.

“From the point of view of Ukraine, your demand is justified... Guarantees are needed in case, as one would expect, Putin again, as always, violates international norms... Therefore, you need these military guarantees if you sign an agreement with the Russians,” he said..

The head of the Munich Conference has no doubt that if Putin feels his military strength, he will try to attack again.

Guarantees must be strong, not like when signing the well-known Budapest Memorandum, which Russia, as a guarantor, violated itself, and the other signatories did nothing in response.

Answering the question about what kind of guarantees he was talking about, the diplomat replied that it could be in addition to NATO membership. Heusgen addressed the proposals of the ex-NATO Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen on the creation of the Kyiv Security Treaty. These ideas are worth, according to Heusgen, discussions.. But it seems a little early to discuss this now that there is no sign of negotiation being possible because Putin is not ready to admit defeat or the fact that he needs to start serious negotiations..

The diplomat is sure that today it would be impossible to sign the next "

Heusgen was named head of the Munich Security Conference last year. From 2017 to 2021 he was the Ambassador of Germany to the UN. From 2005 to 2017, he was Chancellor Angela Merkel's Foreign and Security Policy Adviser and was directly involved in the preparation of the Minsk agreements.

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Recall, earlier it was reported that Polish President Andrzej Duda is convinced that Ukraine should receive security guarantees from NATO.. Addressing Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, he called this issue a key one..