The US believes that it is too soon for Ukraine to enter NATO but advocates charting the path

The United States believes that it is too early to negotiate a possible entry of Ukraine in the NATOalthough he does advocate that the organization’s summit to be held this week in Vilnius serve to begin to chart a path.

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“The Allied countries will have the opportunity to speak in Vilnius about where we go from here regarding the reforms that are required.” so that Ukraine’s entry into NATO can be considered, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said this Sunday in a conversation with the media.

On board the presidential plane heading to London, where US President Joe Biden begins his trip to Europe, Sullivan confirmed that the United States will not advocate an immediate entry of Ukraine into NATO. at the summit to be held in Lithuania on the 11th and 12th.

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In an interview done by CNN last Friday and aired today, President Biden claimed that Ukraine is not yet ready for NATO membership and that Russia’s war in the Ukraine must end before the alliance can consider adding Kiev.

“I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO on whether or not to include Ukraine in the NATO family now, at this moment, in the middle of a war“said the president.

So, Biden advocated “designing a rational path for Ukraine to qualify in order to join NATO.

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In the conversation with the media, Sullivan explained that the NATO countries are currently “working on a statement on language regarding Ukraine’s desire to seek NATO membership.” “I think we’ll see the allies come to a consensus on that as we head into Vilnius,” she wrote.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged on Friday that the 31 allies are still working on the drafting of the summit declaration, as there is a division of opinion among the countries on the issue of Ukraine’s entry into the Alliance. The idea is to build on the language that was used at the 2008 Bucharest summit, when the allies said both Ukraine and Georgia would become NATO members, but failed to set a timetable for it, according to allied sources.

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Stoltenberg claimed that the heads of state and government participating in the summit will agree on several measures to “bring Ukraine closer” to the Atlantic Alliance, but confirmed that they will not propose their entry. NATO, as an organization, does not supply weapons to Ukraine but it does supply medical equipment, fuel, pontoon bridges, demining equipment or support for the security and defense sector, for which 500 million euros have already been agreed.

Source: Elcomercio

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