NATO should accept Ukraine after the victory over Russia. Otherwise, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielus Landsbergis believes, the Alliance will be meaningless. This is reported by Delfi.
"I hope that they (issues) will never have to be raised, and we will be able to congratulate Ukraine on joining the defense club," Landsbergis said, commenting on the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to submit an official application for Ukraine's NATO membership in an accelerated manner.
According to the Minister, Lithuania supports Ukraine's desire to become a member of NATO. Landsbergis noted that many questions will arise if our country does not become part of the Alliance after the victory over Russia in the future.
"My question is: what would NATO be and the meaning of NATO if Ukraine were not in it. If NATO recognizes that our most strategic challenge in the 21st century is the aggressive Russian Federation and Ukraine is the only state that won the war against the Russian Federation, and it remains outside NATO. Then Ukraine becomes more than NATO, it becomes NATO's defender. In a certain sense, it protected NATO from NATO's strategic adversary," the minister noted.
As Landsbergis explains, Ukraine has become a very strong transatlantic state, which after defeating Russia will become a member of NATO and will have extremely strong ties with the United States.
"On the one hand, this is clear and understandable, on the other hand, it shows that the EU and the European continent have not yet been able to become such an anchor that geopolitically and strategically binds the state for many decades. This is what America is doing now," he added. minister.