According to U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine Kristina Kvien, Ukraine has a chance to become a NATO member without the Membership Action Plan stage, like Finland and Sweden, because it is not a mandatory part of the accession procedure.
She said this in an interview with European Pravda.
"As for the possibility of Finland joining without MAP, the Membership Action Plan has never been a legal requirement to join NATO, which means that Ukraine can also join the Alliance without MAP. However, I would not call it an abbreviated procedure," Quinn said.
The Chargé d'affaires ad interim noted that an MAP is a mechanism for a member state to achieve the requirements for compatibility, and if a state already meets all the requirements - the Membership Action Plan becomes unnecessary.
"So both Ukraine and any other state should not get a Membership Action Plan and fulfill it if you generally meet most of the requirements," the official said.