Today, Ukraine’s priority is not to join NATO, but to win the war, after which the Alliance is ready to return to the negotiations.
Source: Official Representative of the Alliance
“Now the focus of the Ukrainian government is to win the war. And that is what we fully support. And when Ukraine wants to talk again about the next steps, we will return to this issue. Now the focus of all of us is to make the greatest contribution to Ukraine on the battlefield against the Russian invaders. And when Ukraine is ready to return to the issue of time intervals… And, again, this will be decided by Ukraine. However, the focus now is to win the war.”
The NATO spokesman emphasized that the decision taken by the Allies at the 2008 Bucharest Summit was unchanged.
“It works. We still see Ukraine as a member of NATO in the future. Ukraine decides when and how to make decisions. The progress we saw yesterday with Finland and Sweden shows very clearly that NATO’s doors remain open. There is no fatigue from the expansion of the North Atlantic union.”
According to the Alliance’s Representative, Ukraine is critical to all European security.
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