He recalled the example of South Vietnam in 1973–1975. When the Americans withdrew their troops from there, they provided security guarantees to the government in Saigon, Saakashvili wrote.
“But when the North's communists began to attack again, Congress cut off aid funding to its Vietnamese allies, and the US simultaneously forced the South Vietnamese president to resign as a communist condition for an armistice. After this, the South Vietnamese front quickly collapsed, and the communists took Saigon. Such is the history of Washington's guarantees,” the report said.
According to the ex-president of Georgia, the “only way out” for Ukraine is to take advantage of the fact that Europeans are very afraid of a Russian attack and create a unification of forces with Europe with full funding and support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In his opinion, this is the only way to save Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian and US delegations have already held seven rounds of negotiations on a “peace plan” for resolving the Russian-Ukrainian war. In parallel, the American side is discussing this issue with the Russian Federation.
Zelensky in an interview Bloomberg December 8 said that elements of the US plan require further discussion. regarding a number of “sensitive issues,” in particular, regarding territorial issues and security guarantees for Ukraine.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is ready provide Ukraine with security guarantees on the basis of Art. 5 NATO, but there is a condition, Axios wrote on December 13.
