Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the United States played a decisive role in discussing his country’s invitation to NATO. He said this in an interview with Radio Liberty (the organization was included in the list of foreign agents by the Justice Department).
As the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out, some very important decisions were taken at the NATO summit in Vilnius, which shortened Ukraine’s alliance path, but the Ukrainian side was disappointed by the very general wording and lack thereof. “clear indication” of when the country will receive an invitation to join the military bloc.
He emphasized that the United States and Germany are Ukraine’s most conservative allies in terms of membership in the alliance.
“But that is what has been publicly pushed. But since I know many nuances of what happened behind the scenes, I can say that the USA played an important role, a decisive role in the inclusion of the word “invitation” in the text. Not in style that satisfies us, but in principle. Germany did not resist it either. That’s why the world is a little more complex than black and white,” he said.
He is also in the interview declarationThis is not understanding what conditions a country must meet to join NATO.
Previously in NATO declaration About Ukrainian plans.