Mike Pompeo: Kissinger 'wrong,' US must support, not 'pressure' Ukraine over Russia negotiations
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Dr. Henry Kissinger said Ukraine should consider returning to "status quo ante" to negotiate peace with Russia, but Mike Pompeo stressed that any appeasement is a mistake.
Michael Pompeo, former U.S. secretary of state, speaks during the Family Leader summit in Des Moines, Iowa, July 16, 2021. (Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 94, addresses the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 25, 2018, with former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, 97, in the background. (Associated Press) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer attend a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto talk during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 29, 2021. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
Kissinger told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, "Ideally, the dividing line should be a return to the status quo ante," which many have interpreted as meaning the division of territory prior to Russia’s invasion.
That concession would leave Crimea in Russian possession.