“The question is not whether we end the war but how we end it, and that is why we will continue to support Ukraine,” said the European Union’s top representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell.
During his participation in the annual Asia-Pacific intergovernmental security conference, known as the ‘Shangri-La Dialogue’, Borrell expressed that if the West stops supplying arms to Ukraine, the conflict will be resolved in a short period of time. However, he stressed the importance of finding a solution that would lead to a just peace in Ukraine.
The head of European diplomacy raised a crucial question: how do we want the war to end? If it is considered relevant to find a just solution, then military support for Ukraine cannot be interrupted. Borrell stressed that the focus lies not only on ending the conflict but also on determining how that conclusion is reached. Therefore, the EU will continue to provide support to Ukraine.
The senior official has mentioned on several occasions that military support is the only way out of the conflict in Ukraine. In May, Borrell stated that peace in Ukraine could easily be achieved if Western arms supplies were stopped, as this would force Kyiv to surrender in a matter of days.
For its part, Russia has repeatedly expressed that arms supplies to Ukraine only prolong the conflict and lead to a higher level of confrontation with Moscow by Western countries.