NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said peace in Ukraine can only be achieved by providing more weapons to Ukraine, during a speech at a World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland.
The main focus right now is to support Ukraine, ensuring that Kyiv wins the war and prevails as a sovereign, independent democratic nation in Europe.
The war in Ukraine will likely end around the negotiating table and what happens around there is totally dependent on the strength of the battlefield, said Stoltenberg.
“If we want a negotiated peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine, we need to provide military support to Ukraine. That’s the only way,” he said.
“Weapons are the way to peace. And that may sound like a paradox, but the only way to have a negotiated agreement is to convince President Putin that he will not win on the battlefield. He has to sit down and negotiate.”
The NATO chief also said the NATO allies will provide heavier weapons to Ukraine.
“It is extremely important that President Putin doesn’t win this war. Partly because it will be a tragedy for Ukrainians, but it will be very dangerous for all of us,” Stoltenberg said
A Russian victory, he warned, would set an example to other authoritarian states, making them believe that “when they use brutal force, when they violate international law, they achieve what they want.”
