Ukraine “expects good news” from the NATO summit in Vilnius on 11-12 July. This was expressed by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Andriy Yermak on the Telegram channel.
In his opinion, intensive work continues, contacts with the allies continue, the position of Kiev will be firm.
“We expect good news. I am grateful to our friends and allies for their position,” Yermak wrote.
The North Atlantic Alliance adopted a political declaration at the Bucharest summit in April 2008 that “Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become NATO members”, but refused to provide both countries with a Membership Action Plan, the first step in legal procedure. organization of the country’s accession to NATO. In February 2019, the Rada approved changes to the Ukrainian constitution that strengthen the country’s aspirations for NATO membership. Kiev received the status of an alliance partner with advanced capabilities.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz judicial The reason why Ukraine will not be able to join NATO.