Is it possible to calculate how many and whose lives will be saved by sending weapons, he commented to epicenter.bg Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of Tsar Boris III and former prime minister from 2001 to 2005, on the ruling coalition’s dilemma of whether or not to provide weapons to Ukraine.
“The topic is very serious and we must take into account the geopolitical side effects. So far, there has been an international order that has been observed. We are now facing something completely new.
I have seen a lot, I read a lot of history and I am afraid that the longer this situation lasts, the more dangerous it will become because it will become international.
Let’s remember the Spanish Civil War – it started as something local, but there were volunteers on one side, volunteers on the other, weapons on one side, weapons on the other and the war broke out.
“We can imagine what would happen today with the weapons that both NATO and Russia have,” the former prime minister warned. He also shared his concern about “this tragedy is Manichaeism – only the good, only the evil”.
“On this earth, everything is relative and there is only one truth. From what I watch, listen to and read, I do not see the West distinguishing Russia from President Putin.
President Putin and his team are one thing, and Russia and the Russian people are another. There is a zeal that does not help to calm the spirits, “said Simeon II. According to him, the world is now seeing the birth of the Ukrainian nation.
“There have been other serious crises – in the Middle East, the war between Iraq and Iran, between Pakistan and India, but for Europe, of course, this is the most serious clash.
Unfortunately, after everything that happened in the twentieth century, how did people not learn to solve problems in any other way than through so much suffering, sacrifice and destruction.
The pictures we see are horrifying, “admits Tsar Boris III’s son, recalling one of his father’s famous phrases:” My ministers are Anglophiles, the generals are Germanophiles, my people are Russophiles, only I remain a Bulgaphile. “
“For Germany, I paraphrased it – with the European Union. It should not be absolute, but what Russia has done is so shocking. The words you remind me of also show the balanced thinking of Tsar Boris in those difficult times.
I repeat, I am allergic to dictates and pressure from the so-called great powers. But this is the fate of smaller countries, “said Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. According to him, in the last 20 years the West has “failed” to include Russia.
Russia seems to be on top, where the Arctic is, and everyone around it – enemies: Swedes, Poles, Tatars, etc. The card itself exudes the feeling that they always had to defend themselves from everywhere.
I think he still has it today – “everyone is against us”, which unites internally. And it can be used politically with a dose of cynicism – “here, everyone hates us.” The West is wrong to attack everything Russian in this way – it can only provoke a counter-reaction.
I think it is short-sighted – day after day, instead of learning from history and the past, “said the former prime minister.
Asked to comment on whether we should lift the veto of the Republic of Northern Macedonia and “let” it into the EU, he said that Bulgaria should contribute to other countries to be part of the European family – the EU and NATO.
“We need to have the winning role, not the losing one. Giving the special status of the Bulgarians in Macedonia would be a step in the right direction. Now let’s keep arguing about the past …
It will neither help us nor improve the living standards of Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia. It is necessary to achieve practical results “, believes the son of our last king, called the Unifier.
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