Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina stated that Ukraine will definitely become a member NATO… This has already been confirmed by the Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the country’s international partners.
However, this is a long process and may take many more years. She shared a comment on the air of the TV channel “Ukraine 24”.
“For example, North Macedonia has been moving towards fulfilling only the Membership Action Plan for almost 20 years. Only today we are starting the discourse on obtaining the MAP – this is a work that will last several years,” Stefanishina explained.
At the same time, she added that in parallel with this, Ukraine makes a great contribution to collective security, participates in almost all available exercises of the Alliance, increases the compatibility of Ukrainian military units with NATO ones, and engages in the formation of NATO’s Black Sea security strategy.
“Therefore, the very process of Euro-Atlantic integration is already underway, it is not the opposite. A political decision will be made. I am sure that in the coming years, although not everything depends on Ukraine. But there is already confirmation that we will be NATO members. It is important that we are now we are starting this work, political negotiations, “Stefanishina added.
As reported OBOZREVATEL:
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s membership in the European Union and NATO is the main strategic course of the state… The guarantor expressed hope that in June the Ukrainians will see a “powerful signal” from the Alliance.
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For his part, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Igor Zhovkva added that Ukraine is already actively cooperating with NATO and ready to receive the Plan actions regarding membership.
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