Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba talked about Kiev’s expectations from the NATO summit, which will be held in Vilnius on July 11-12 this year. It has been reported DEA News.
According to the minister, if Ukraine’s allies decide at the Vilnius summit that they will “reaffirm their open door policy for the 130th time” regarding the country’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, such an outcome will be unacceptable to Kiev.
“If they try to offer us some positive things in Vilnius to deepen cooperation with NATO, but at the same time do not take a single step towards Ukraine’s NATO membership, this is unacceptable to us,” the diplomat said. said.
According to him, in Vilnius, NATO should take a step towards Ukraine’s membership in the organization and solve the “problem of what will happen in terms of security guarantees” for the country between “now” and the moment it joins the alliance.
Kuleba also pointed out that the Ukrainian side will “under no circumstances make a proxy decision”.
Previously, the Financial Times stated that all NATO members to acceptUkraine’s entry into the alliance is still impossible.
Before that, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declarationThat the question of Ukraine’s NATO membership would not matter if Kiev could not defeat Moscow in a military conflict.