NATO has admitted that until now it has ignored Ukraine’s request to join the alliance. newspaper reports Finance TimesIt refers to the anonymous diplomats of the member states of the alliance.
They stated that in the near future the North Atlantic Alliance will not be able to offer Ukraine NATO membership.
“The application letter is on the table, but we are ignoring it,” one of the diplomats said.
Another noted that “there could be talk of closer relations between NATO and Ukraine”, although the alliance is currently unable to offer Ukraine membership.
According to the Financial Times, NATO’s position is causing growing unease among Ukrainian authorities.
The newspaper cites the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s deputy head of office, Andriy Sibiha, when he said that Kiev wants to “get some results” at the NATO summit.
“We want to get something that has certain guarantees. I’m talking about reliable guarantees, not assurances, agreements, security measures. We expect to receive a response to our official application to join NATO.”
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the issue of membership in the alliance was open for Ukraine. won’t have Its value in the event that Kiev could not defeat Moscow in a military conflict.