Andriy Sibiga, vice-president of the Ukrainian presidential office, said that the Ukrainian authorities hope the NATO summit in Lithuania will be positive for Kiev. According to him, especially the Ukrainian side is waiting to receive a response to its application to join the North Atlantic Alliance within the framework of the forum to be held in Vilnius in July.
“document [который касается Украины] It should definitely be approved at the NATO summit. We need to find an answer to our application to join NATO. Therefore, this document should set a clear path for us to participate,” said Sibiga.
As Volodymyr Zelensky, a representative of the Office of the President of Ukraine, pointed out, this is an agreement that will determine Kiev’s path to NATO without any additional procedural steps. At the same time, Sibiga did not specify why Ukrainian officials were confident that such a document would be ratified by NATO.
Earlier, Christoph Heusgen, head of the Munich Security Conference, said that Western countries have a serious discussion The possibility of Kiev joining NATO. According to him, only the North Atlantic Alliance can guarantee security to Ukraine.