Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba had a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. On the eve of the summit in Vilnius, the minister emphasized the importance of taking a step towards Ukraine's membership in the Alliance.
This was written by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, on Twitter.
"I spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and thanked him for his efforts aimed at making the Vilnius summit a success for NATO and Ukraine. I also emphasized the importance of taking a step towards Ukraine's membership, in particular by abandoning the MAP. It is time to agree with NATO's decision with a new reality," Kuleba wrote.
I spoke with @JensStoltenberg and thanked him for his efforts to make the Vilnius summit a success for NATO and Ukraine. I also stressed the importance of taking a step towards Ukraine's membership, in particular by dropping MAP. It's time to align NATO decisions with the new reality.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) June 16, 2023
We will remind that the NATO summit is to be held on July 11-12, 2023 in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyі was invited.
However, he noted that Ukraine will not participate in this summit if the NATO member states do not give Ukraine a clear "signal" that they want to see our country in the Alliance.
At the same time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg himself assured that Ukraine will receive this signal.
However, not all member states of the Alliance share this opinion. Although some states, in particular in Eastern Europe, are located closer to Ukraine and Russia, they are in favor of a more specific way for our country to join NATO after the end of the war.
However, the member countries of the Alliance, especially in Western and Southern Europe, believe that the accelerated integration of Ukraine may be "too provocative and risky", even in the event of a cessation of hostilities.
