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NATO Chief Has No Sole Authority to Send Weapons to Ukraine - Italy's League Party

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has no sole authority to send weapons to Ukraine just as EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell cannot speak for all members of the European Union, Gen. Roberto Vannacci, candidate to the European Parliament from Italy's right-wing League party, said on Tuesday.

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"Politically speaking, NATO is not in the state of war. All decisions concerning weapons supply [to Ukraine] have been made by individual countries. The secretary general has no authority in the matter. He is a bureaucrat, a representative of an organization that is not directly involved in the conflict. However, it looks like he speaks for all [member states], as he has overcome the sovereignty of every state in the matter of their participation in the Ukrainian conflict," Vannacci told a briefing in Rome in response to a question by RIA Novosti. Borrell does a similar thing when expressing a joint position without consulting the authorities of individual countries, the parliamentary candidate added. The Kremlin has consistently warned against the West's continued arms deliveries to Ukraine, saying that they only prolong the conflict, adding that Western military equipment will be eventually destroyed. Moscow also cautioned that NATO countries “are playing with fire” by providing Kiev with arms.

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NATO Chief Has No Sole Authority to Send Weapons to Ukraine - Italy's League Party

15:37 GMT 04.06.2024

© AFP 2023 / ANDRII NESTERENKONATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) addresses Ukrainian lawmakers at the parliament during his visit to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion in Kyiv on April 29, 2024.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) addresses Ukrainian lawmakers at the parliament during his visit to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion in Kyiv on April 29, 2024. - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.06.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has no sole authority to send weapons to Ukraine just as EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell cannot speak for all members of the European Union, Gen. Roberto Vannacci, candidate to the European Parliament from Italy's right-wing League party, said on Tuesday.

Borrell does a similar thing when expressing a joint position without consulting the authorities of individual countries, the parliamentary candidate added.

NATO intelligence collection and processing center. File photo. - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.06.2024

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"I can provide Austria as an example. It is an individual country, but it does not give Ukraine any weapons. In this regard it is necessary to ask how much sovereignty was willingly transferred to the High Representative [Borrell] and whether he speaks to provoke a reaction or to step on gas where your foot should be off the pedal," Vannacci said.

Western countries have provided hundreds of billions of dollars worth of aid to Ukraine since the start of Russia's special military operation in February 2022. Aid shipments began in 2022 with artillery munitions and training and have escalated to include tanks, advanced air-defense systems, missiles and cluster munitions. All while making false statements about the so-called "Russian threat" and simultaneously conducting full scale military drills close to Russian borders.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini suggested that Macron should go to Ukraine himself to take part in the fighting.

Salvini has recently criticized the leaders of NATO and EU countries for their intention to increase military support for Kiev and lift restrictions on… pic.twitter.com/IbCLFHxDQr
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The Kremlin has consistently warned against the West's continued arms deliveries to Ukraine, saying that they only prolong the conflict, adding that Western military equipment will be eventually destroyed. Moscow also cautioned that NATO countries “are playing with fire” by providing Kiev with arms.