Borrell confirms EU will support Ukraine until Putin stops war: “It won’t happen soon”

Josep Borrell said this Sunday that twenty-seven EU countries will support ukraine According to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, “unless Putin decides to stop the war”, something that will not happen “soon”, but we will probably have to wait for the elections in the United States to know the future of the conflict. European Union.

on a panel at a special meeting of World Economic Forum Which started today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and will run until tomorrow, Borrell reiterated the EU’s commitment to supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia, regardless of whether it represents a budgetary investment. “We will continue to support the people in Ukraine (…) There are people who ask how much money we will spend on the war. We will continue to support Ukraine to protest until Putin decides to stop the war. “But I don’t think it will happen soon,” he said. Supreme representative in EU security policy.

In his speech, Borrell recalled that “Putin started the war” and said that the Russian president would “wait for the United States elections” to consider the future or the possibility of ending the conflict that began two years ago. .

Regarding the possible extension of the war between Russia and Ukraine, he has expressed his concern that something similar will happen in the Middle East, and mentioned a war between the two. israel And Hamas Gaza Strip as another example of “a war between two parties on the same territory where the only solution is to share.”