This matter in Ukraine is "out of the question", they have repeatedly expressed their views on the summit | Vilnius | Ukraine
According to Reuters on the 19th, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on the 19th that NATO leaders will not invite Ukraine to join NATO at the Vilnius summit in mid July.
NATO leaders will hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius next month.
According to reports, after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Stoltenberg told reporters, "We will not discuss issuing a formal invitation at the Vilnius summit or during the summit preparation process." However, he stated that NATO leaders will discuss how to bring Ukraine closer to NATO.
Stoltenberg warned against accepting a plan to freeze the conflict in Ukraine in exchange for an end to the war.
He said, "We all hope that this war will come to an end, but a just peace does not mean freezing this conflict and accepting the agreement proposed by Russia."
Stoltenberg attended a press conference in Berlin on the 19th.
Agence France Presse previously reported that US President Biden stated on the 17th that the United States will not make "special arrangements" for Ukraine's accession to NATO.
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He said, "We must also meet the same standards. So we won't make things easy."
The report also stated that on the 16th, Stoltenberg stated that a symbolic measure is that NATO leaders plan to hold the first meeting of the NATO Ukraine Council with Ukrainian President Zelensky in Vilnius.
The report mentions that NATO member countries located in Eastern Europe have been pushing for a better roadmap for Ukraine's accession to NATO, but major allies such as the United States and Germany have been unwilling to do more except for their vague promise in 2014 that Kiev will one day join NATO. Some NATO leaders are concerned that allowing Ukraine to join will increase the possibility of direct confrontation between NATO and Russia in the war.
In addition, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Zelenski had a talk with Polish President Duda on July 14 about the NATO Vilnius Summit. Zelensky once again called for Ukraine to quickly join NATO.
He said at the time, "This is precisely when some people on the Russian side are still afraid that Russia's assumptions about NATO must be completely shattered."