The Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva told about this in a comment “Interfax-Ukraine”.
“Only member states will take part in this summit. The main thing for us is the content of the summit on June 14. Here we can be sure that the topic of Ukraine will be definitely discussed,” he said.
According to Zhovkva, decisions on Ukraine will be recorded in the final document of the summit.
“Work on such a document continues. We continue negotiations with our partners to ensure that Ukraine’s interests are taken into account in the final decision of the Alliance,” he added.
Zhovkva said that NATO sometimes holds its summits without the participation of partner countries. As an example, he cited the meetings of the Alliance in London in 2019 and in Strasbourg and Kehl in 2009.
“Therefore, the current summit after the election of a new president in the United States can be expected to be held in a narrow circle of NATO member states,” the deputy head of the OPU explained.
At the same time, the Office of the President does not exclude that this decision may be reviewed and invited to Ukraine, Zhovkva added in a comment. “Ukrinform”.
“We do not rule out that the decision made the day before yesterday at the NATO headquarters may not be final – during the time remaining before the summit, the allies have the opportunity to revise it, “he said.
The head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, on May 6 did not yet have accurate information about whether Ukraine would take part in the June summit or not, but stressed that the United States supports the provision of MAP to Ukraine in NATO.
Ukraine stepped up cooperation with NATO in 2014 against the background of the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the armed conflict in Donbass. At the end of 2014, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that provides for the refusal of Ukraine from the policy of “non-aligned”… In accordance with the Military Doctrine of Ukraine, adopted in 2015, deepening cooperation with NATO is a priority.
On February 7, 2019, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a law on amending the Constitution provisions on the strategic course of the state for the acquisition of full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The law came into force on February 21.
In 2018, NATO recognized Ukraine postgraduate country status – candidate for membership in the Alliance, in 2020 Ukraine received the status of an advanced partner.
On April 6, 2021, Zelenskiy said during a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Alliance is the only way to end the war in the Donbass and that the provision of an action plan for NATO membership to Ukraine “will be a real signal for the Russian Federation.” Commenting on the conversation with Zelensky, Stoltenberg said that NATO firmly supports sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Among NATO members, Latvia and Lithuania supported the granting of MAP to Ukraine. On April 7, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis announced that it would be “a strong signal for Russia”that the course that Ukraine has chosen is appreciated by the NATO countries. On the same day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics said that will unequivocally support such a decision, as Ukraine has been trying to join NATO for 15 years.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, said that parliament should pass about 60 billsto pave the way for Ukraine to join the EU and NATO.
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