Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna said on December 1, 2022, that all 30 NATO member countries supported the need for Ukraine’s future accession to the North Atlantic Alliance.
Source: Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna
“We have made progress in the issue of rapprochement with NATO. At the last ministerial meeting in Bucharest, all 30 NATO member countries agreed on the need to grant Ukraine membership in the Alliance. NATO members confirmed that the door is open to Ukraine,” emphasized the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine.
According to Olha Stefanishyna, such a decision differs from the one adopted by the leaders of the NATO countries at the summit in Bucharest in 2008. It is a “new powerful signal” and indicates the lack of fear of Russian pressure in the Alliance.
On September 30, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an application for Ukraine’s accelerated accession to NATO. The Alliance said that the decision would be made by consensus.
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