Nine NATO countries have already supported Ukraine’s membership of the Alliance (Photo: US Embassy Kiev Ukraine / Facebook)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has already received The application of Ukraine. It will now be considered at the level of ambassadors of NATO member states in Brussels.
Speaking of which reported Deputy Head of the President’s Office Igor Zhovkva during a briefing.
“To date, the Secretary General has officially received the application via a note from Ukraine, and the next step will be to discuss this question at the level of the North Atlantic Council, that is, at the level of ambassadors of NATO member states in Brussels,” he said. .
He recalled that nine countries have already supported Ukraine’s membership of NATO.
Zhovkva also explained that Ukraine declared it “accelerated procedure ”for NATO membership means that there is no need for an Action Plan for membership, which was previously one of the mandatory elements.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said this on September 30 Ukraine is applying for NATO membership on an accelerated basis. The document was signed by the president, as well as by Prime Minister Denys Shmygal and the head of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk.
According to the advisor to the head of the President’s Office Mykhailo Podolyak, before applying Ukraine has held consultations with the Alliance.
2 October Presidents of nine NATO countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) called “significantly increase military assistance to Ukraine ”e supported its membership of the Alliance.
