Biden's Clear Statement on Ukraine's Accession to the Treaty: US | NATO | Ukraine
According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, less than a week before NATO leaders held a key summit in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, the United States dismissed any possibility that Ukraine would soon receive an invitation from the Western security alliance.
According to reports, US President Joe Biden told CNN on the 7th, "I don't think it's ready to join NATO yet."
Biden said, "I think NATO has not yet reached an agreement on whether to let Ukraine join the NATO family now, at this moment, during the war."
He said, "If the war continues, then all of us will be involved in the war... we will all go to war with Russia."
The report mentions that Jack Sullivan, the National Security Assistant to the President of the United States, has previously expressed similar opinions. Although he believes that the Vilnius summit will be an important moment on the path to becoming a NATO member state, Ukraine still needs to move forward.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been strongly urging NATO to open its doors to Kiev. He believes that the Ukrainian military has put in more effort than any member of the alliance to defend the values that NATO has pledged to defend in the war against Russia.
Zelensky will also participate in this NATO summit.
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The report also stated that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and other NATO member states have not yet fully supported Ukraine's immediate accession to the alliance.
Stoltenberg said in Brussels on the 7th that NATO leaders are expected to agree to provide a package of support measures to Ukraine next week.
He said, "We will make Ukraine stronger and have set a vision for its future."
These long-term support plans will include a multi-year aid program, strengthening political relations with Kiev, and reaffirming NATO's long-standing commitment to accepting Ukraine into the alliance in the future.
Stoltenberg said that this summit will send a "clear message" to Moscow. He also said, "NATO is united, and Russia's invasion will not benefit."