Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on his way to a NATO summit in Vilnius, denounced him on Tuesday. “hesitation” And ” Weakness “ NATO whose hesitation about Ukraine’s membership, he says, encourages a “the horror” Russia against his country.
“It seems that there is no will to invite Ukraine to NATO or to make it a member of the alliance”Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter. “frequency double”still fired. “It is unprecedented and absurd, when no timetable is set for the invitation or for Ukraine’s accession”hit the Ukrainian head of state.
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Ukraine in NATO? Zelensky is busy…but he has to be patient
“This means that there is still an opportunity to compromise Ukraine’s membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia.”which encourages Moscow to “complete horror” Volodymyr Zelensky argued against her neighbor.
The meeting of the 31 NATO leaders takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Vilnius, 35 kilometers from the border with Belarus, an ally of Moscow, and not far from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
Volodymyr Zelensky, who will meet his US counterpart Joe Biden there on Wednesday, demanded commitments on his country’s membership prospects from Westerners.
Ukraine deserves to be part of the alliance. Not now because the war is now, but we need a clear signal and this signal is needed now.insisted on the eve of the summit.
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No membership until the war is over
All Member States understand that this possibility is unthinkable as long as the war continues. It would, in fact, be synonymous with global conflict: Article 5 of the coalition states that an attack on one member is an attack on all members.
The Kremlin, for its part, has already warned NATO of the consequences “very negative” For European security of Ukrainian membership. Vladimir Putin used this possibility as a justification for launching his invasion.
