The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba, expressed his dissatisfaction with the invitation of Kiev to the council, which will take place only on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
In an interview with a TV channel CNN He said that Ukraine received an invitation not to the summit, but to the NATO-Ukraine Council, which will be held in parallel.
Kuleba also stressed that there is no consensus on Ukraine’s membership in the alliance. He noted that some countries argued that Ukraine should not be invited as it could lead to an escalation of the conflict.
At the same time, Kuleba noted that Kiev has an opposing viewpoint and believes NATO has all the necessary conditions to invite Ukraine. He warned that if the alliance did not come to a decision on this issue, the “logic of fear” would prevail.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte declaration At the joint press conference held after a series of meetings of the leaders of NATO countries in The Hague, it was stated that Ukraine’s future place is in NATO.
On the eve of this, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declarationThere is every reason to invite Ukraine politically to NATO at the organization’s July summit in Vilnius. The Ukrainian leader believes that the allies had a full understanding of security guarantees for Kiev until the moment the republic joined NATO.