Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that at the summit in Vilnius, NATO countries decided to abolish the action plan for Ukraine’s membership – it is now a one-stage process for the country, not a two-stage process. that quote TASS.
The Secretary General announced the softening of the “official” accession conditions for Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine will be invited to join NATO when all member states of the alliance agree and Kiev fulfills the conditions.
“The two-step process will become one-step for Ukraine. We will be able to invite Ukraine when the Allies decide that the conditions for this have been met. <…>“In the end, the allies need to evaluate the conditions of entry and make a decision,” he said.
It is also expected that a Ukraine-NATO council will be formed. Earlier, the Secretary General said that the main message of the summit in Lithuania will be an increase in military and financial aid to Kiev.
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