Russia needs the opportunity to rejoin an international system after any peace deal, Kissinger says - CNBC

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger connected Tuesday said Russia indispensable beryllium fixed the accidental to 1 time rejoin the planetary strategy pursuing immoderate bid woody successful Ukraine and dialog with the state indispensable beryllium ongoing.

"This whitethorn look precise hollow to nations that person been nether Russian unit for overmuch of the Cold War period," Kissinger told the World Economic Forum successful Davos via video link.

However, helium said it was important to debar an escalation of struggle betwixt Russia and the West arsenic a effect of it feeling the warfare had go "against Russia itself."

This, helium said "may origin Russia to re-evaluate its historical position, which was an amalgam of an attraction to the civilization of Europe and a fearfulness of domination by Europe."

"The demolition of Russia arsenic a authorities that tin prosecute its ain policies volition unfastened up the immense country of its eleven clip zones to interior struggle and to extracurricular involution astatine the clip erstwhile determination are 15,000 and much atomic weapons connected its territory."

"So this is wherefore I judge successful dialog with Russia portion the warfare continues, an extremity of warring erstwhile the pre-war enactment is reached, and a continuing process of treatment by Europe, America and astatine that constituent Russia ... portion the conditions of sanctions and different pressures volition beryllium maintained until a last colony is reached."

"I judge this is the mode to forestall the warfare from escalating," helium said.

Kissinger was criticized by a Ukrainian politician successful May erstwhile helium suggested Ukraine should cede immoderate onshore to Russia to execute a bid deal.

Kissinger further said connected Tuesday that the U.S. should proceed to supply subject enactment and if indispensable intensify that enactment until a cease-fire enactment is reached oregon accepted successful preliminary discussions.

He besides said helium wanted to explicit admiration for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the "heroic behaviour of the Ukrainian people;" and that helium present believed Ukrainian rank of NATO 1 time would beryllium an "appropriate outcome."

Kissinger was caput of authorities betwixt 1973 and 1977 nether presidents Nixon and Ford, and served arsenic nationalist information advisor betwixt 1969 and 1975. He was a cardinal portion of the U.S. détente with the Soviet Union and rapprochement with China, and oversaw hugely arguable decisions including bombing and subject operations successful Cambodia.