NATO countries have not yet achieved this consensus on whether Ukraine should be part of the organization. This was stated on Sunday by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with HBO.
“To become a member of NATO, you must meet NATO standards. We are helping Ukraine organize the fight against corruption, but 30 allies must agree and now we do not have a consensus agreement on inviting Ukraine to become a full member,” he said. he said.
Stoltenberg noted that the North Atlantic Alliance has strengthened relations with Ukraine, but clarified that this country is not an object of the fifth article of the statute of the organization, which provides for collective defense.
The United States supports Ukraine’s self-determination, including for NATO
Blinkon and Kuleba signed a Strategic Partnership Charter …
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At the Bucharest Summit in April 2008, NATO adopted a political statement that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of NATO, but refused to provide the Membership Action Plan (MAP) to the two countries, a first step in the legal procedure for joining the organization.
According to experts from Brussels, in the last 12 years Kiev and Tbilisi have rather moved away from the prospect of joining the alliance.
The United States supports Ukraine’s right to determine the direction of its future foreign policy without outside interference, including on its accession to NATO. This is stated in the new Charter for Strategic Partnership between the two countries, which was signed a few days ago by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkon and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
In a statement to reporters after the meeting between the two diplomats, Blinkon said Washington was concerned about reports of “unusual Russian military activity” on the border with Ukraine and warned Moscow that “escalation of the situation or aggressive actions” against Kiev were inadmissible.
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The EU is concerned about Russia’s military strengthening on the border with Ukraine
After the United States demanded an explanation from Moscow
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Russia has gathered near the Ukrainian border nearly 100 thousand military, and Western countries have provided Kiev with information about the movement of Russian troops in the area, VoA reported, citing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“I hope that now the whole world can clearly see who really wants peace and who is concentrating nearly 100,000 troops on our border,” Zelensky said in a video message posted on the Ukrainian president’s website.
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