Radoslav Sikorsky in his speech drew attention to the historical precedent, when a coalition of 16 countries helped the government of South Korea in the confrontation with North Korea, which was supported by China and the Soviet Union. According to the expressed opinion of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, such a scenario has legal grounds, especially in the case of a threat to peace and security in the region.
Western countries have used their armies in the past to join a war in a non-NATO country. For this, they used the decision of the UN and sent troops to Korea. Radosław Sikorski told the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland during an online broadcast from the Sejm about what needs to be done to ensure that the military of the North Atlantic Alliance ends up in Ukraine.
Sikorsky took part in the conference "25 years of Poland's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization", which took place in the Seimas on March 8. The politician reacted to the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron, who noted that European troops may end up in Ukraine.
The Polish official recalled that the coalition of forces had already acted against the predecessor of the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union. In particular, this happened during the Korean War of 1950-1953. As it turned out, there is a structure in the world that can organize such actions - it is the UN.
It all started with the fact that at the beginning of the Korean War, the UN confirmed that an act of aggression was taking place in Korea. The decision was not even unanimously supported - 140 countries out of 190.
"They voted to condemn aggression as unacceptable. This is not just a statement for the press, it is the creation of a legal framework," explained Sikorskyi.
After that, an international coalition of troops of several countries was formed, which entered into combat operations on the side of the legitimate government of the Republic of Korea.
That is why, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry stressed, Emmanuel Macron's statement is not "unbelievable". Instead, it is directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin and shows that the Kremlin could be in for a surprise if there is further escalation.
"So that the Russian president asked himself what our next step would be, and not so that he was sure that we would not do anything creative, and therefore could plan his scenarios."
The Korean War — events that took place on the Korean Peninsula from 1950 to 1953. China and the USSR acted on the side of the rebels, and on the side of the democratic government — a coalition of troops of 16 countries and UN forces. The coalition included units of a number of NATO member countries: the USA, Great Britain, France, Canada, etc. The war ended with a cease-fire agreement concluded on July 27, 1953. The front line was fixed at the 38th parallel and to this day there are two countries - the Republic of Korea in the south and the DPRK in the north. The USSR gave up the war immediately after General Secretary Joseph Stalin died.
On February 28, at a gathering of European countries dedicated to the war in Ukraine, the French president said that foreign troops could join the confrontation with the Russian Federation. Such a statement was supported by the representatives of the Baltic states, but in Germany they explained that they objected to such an idea.
A few days later, on March 5, during a visit to the Czech Republic, Macron made another statement. According to him, now he is not opposed to the troops of non-European countries joining the war.
Meanwhile, on March 4, tests of the Yars intercontinental missile took place in the Russian Federation. Experts assumed that this was the Kremlin's response to Macron's statements.
