according to information Washington Post (WP), Sources say that a tweet by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticizing the country’s allies for being hesitant to invite Kiev to NATO almost led to the withdrawal of the US invitation itself.
One of the newspaper’s interlocutors noted that the statement of the Ukrainian president stunned the attendees of the summit and angered the American delegation. Zelensky said in a tweet that Ukraine deserves respect, stressing that the lack of a set deadline for invitation and membership to NATO is “unprecedented and absurd” and that the allies are “not ready to invite and accept Ukraine into NATO.” ” he recorded. as a member of the alliance”.
After that, negotiations were needed on how to respond to the statements of the Ukrainian president. European officials said the United States agreed to review or delete a clause in the text of the invitation that read, “We may send Ukraine an invitation to join the North Atlantic Alliance when the Allies accept and the conditions are met.”
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