President Vladimir Zelensky noted that today Ukraine does not expect full membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, due to the war with Russia.
This was reported by URA-Inform with reference to Zelensky.
However, according to him, our state hopes to receive an invitation to join NATO.
“Ukraine has long been told that we have the same rights as any other democratic state in Europe. But is this really true? We are not talking about Ukraine's membership in NATO now, during the war. We are only talking about an invitation to join NATO – a political decision that would provide geopolitical clarity for Ukraine and all of Europe and, of course, would strengthen our diplomatic positions with respect to Russia when the time comes and the Second Peace Summit takes place,” Zelensky emphasized.
According to the guarantor, Ukraine deserves an honest answer from its partners on this issue.
“It is quite obvious why an invitation to NATO is not the same as full membership in the Alliance. However, some leaders talk about it as if they are the same thing. They are asked about an invitation, and they answer about membership. This is unfair. This is just a way of saying “no” … Please work with partners across Europe — especially in Berlin, — so that we can jointly achieve this geopolitical clarity,” he noted.
At the same time, according to the president, when Ukraine receives an invitation to NATO, “this will become an insurmountable protective wall against Russia's imperial ambitions.”
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