US President Joe Biden said in an interview with CNN that Ukraine not yet ready for NATO membership.
according to him NATO will be able to consider accepting Ukraine only after the end of the war.
However, he added that while he thought it was too early to discuss Ukraine joining the alliance, NATO countries will continue to provide to Kiev the weapons it needs to end the war fueled by Russia.
“I don’t think there’s a consensus in NATO right now, as the war is going on, on whether or not to accept Ukraine into NATO,” Biden said.
He also added that he had discussed the matter in detail with President Zelensky and promised that the US would continue to supply Kiev with weapons in the same way that they do it for Israel.
“I think we need to pave a rational way for Ukraine to it can qualify for NATO membership” Biden said.
Zelensky has not yet decided whether to go to the NATO summit
Key decisions for Kyiv
He even noted that before the war he rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands that he commit not to accept Ukraine into NATO because The alliance has an “open door policy”.
2023-07-09 19:46:40
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