When asked about the December position last year erstwhile he said that NATO's east flank countries had 3 years to prepare for the conflict to avoid war with Russia, he replied: “In December 2023 I utilized that term. Following the words of experts from the Institute of War Studies who talked about the conflict in six or up to 8 years. east flank countries should think about confronting faster. Not in any abstract distant future, but in the future. 1 term, 1 government.".