Kiev is now closer than ever to NATO membership, the bloc's secretary general said.
NATO Secretary General Jan Stoltenberg
Only the Russian president can end the war.
This was stated by the Secretary General of the NATO military bloc Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, writes The Guardian.
Answering the question whether Ukraine will soon receive an invitation to the Alliance, the Secretary General said that Kiev is now more than ever close to membership in the bloc.
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“Ukraine will become a partner in NATO. The question is not if, but when. Now Ukraine is closer than ever to NATO membership,” Stoltenberg said.
What happened before
- On March 9, Pope Francis said that Ukraine should have, in his words, , “the courage to raise the white flag of negotiations” and agree to end the war with Russia.
- The Vatican press service subsequently explained that the Pontiff was calling for a ceasefire and the resumption of negotiations, and not the capitulation of Ukraine. are held back by Ukrainians and Ukrainian women with weapons in their hands and under a blue-yellow flag.”
- Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, commenting on the statement of Pope Francis, emphasized that it is still possible to encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to have courage and withdraw his troops from Ukraine.
- Chairman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said that our state will never raise flags other than blue and yellow. Kuleba also called on Saint Prestil “not to repeat the mistakes of the past and to support Ukraine and its people in their just fight for your life.” The minister also invited the Pontiff to Ukraine.
- And the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Svyatoslav (Shevchuk) called for those who do not believe in the victory of Ukraine over Russia to go to confession.