Dora Duro, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, said that Russia’s approval is necessary for Ukraine to join NATO. He told the newspaper “News”.
According to him, Kiev’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance without the risk of starting a full-scale armed conflict is impossible, with Moscow’s approval of this step and “in the form of a certain agreement.”
“We do not see any conditions that would allow us to support NATO enlargement at the expense of Ukraine,” Duro said.
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Smer party leader Robert Fico, stated that Ukraine’s accession to NATO is is worst possible solution and escalation of tension.
Prior to this, Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said, “North Atlantic Alliance puts NATO, whose aim is to “defeat” the Russian Federation on Ukrainian soil and motivate Kiev, promises that the country will be accepted into the organization after the conflict is over.”
On 21 April, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, following a visit to Kiev, declared that all allies in the alliance are in solidarity with Ukraine. must be block member.