- “I’ll never stand anywhere and blame Russia for attacking Ukraine; that’s because America would have done it. The Pope, if he were the president of Russia, would have done it..."
Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, an international relations expert, has said he will never blame Russia for attacking Ukraine.
Dr Antwi-Danso added that nobody can blame Russia for what it did – by attacking Ukraine.
“I’ll never stand anywhere and blame Russia for attacking Ukraine; that’s because America would have done it. The Pope, if he were the president of Russia, would have done it. What the Americans are doing is skewing the public minds and public opinion for nothing. They [Americans] would have done it.”
Dr Antwi-Danso was speaking with Kent Mensah on Asaase Radio’s Sunday Night programme.
On why Russia had to attack its neighbour unprovoked, the security expert said, “In international politics or security, you don’t have to be provoked by any means; provocation can come by a word from a head of state or others”
“No morality”
“There’s no morality in international security. The survival of a state is so paramount that if you joke with it there is war.”
He added, “The Ukraine-Russia war is not envy as people are saying. It’s not that Russia is pugnacious … that’s not the case. It’s could have been the Pope who is the president of Russia and there could still be war; it’s a question of security issues.”
On Africa’s stand on the Ukraine war, he said Africa has done no wrong in not taking a stand in the Russia-Ukraine war because “You don’t have to take a stand in security matters.”
Watch the full interview below:
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