Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's assistant from intelligence and security by Scott Bray , who arrived on a visit to Kiev.
RBC-Ukraine reports about this via a post on Umerov’s Facebook page.
According to Umerov, he thanked Bray for his help on the side of NATO on aphids fight against Russian aggression.
“Having realized that Ukraine will become a member of NATO, and my ministerial duties are approaching this moment. We discussed with Mr. Bray what timeframes we need for this (to join NATO, – ed.) to earn,” the minister added.
The parties discussed the situation at the front and assessed potential threats.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine also spoke of the importance of strengthening the country’s anti-aircraft defense, which is one of the key elements of defense.
Photo: Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defense of Ukraine and Scott Bray, Assistant Secretary General of NATO (facebook.com/rustemumerov.ua)
“We highly appreciated the exchange of information and the coordination of our actions with the Alliance. We discussed “What else can be done to change the situation at the front,” Umerov said.
Ukraine's accession to NATO
Back in the spring of 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as the head of the Supreme Council Ruslan Stefanchuk and Prime Minister Denis Shmigal signed an application for Ukraine's accession to NATO according to the established procedure that transfers the integration without Membership Action Plan (MAP).
Already on the 11-12 June 2023 summit, NATO countries accepted a three-part package that will bring Ukraine closer to the Alliance. Zokrema decided to participate in the MAP.
According to the words of the river officer of the Sovereign Department of the United States of America (USA) Matthew Miller, Ukraine can become a NATO member only after the end of a full-scale war. Suddenly “the process collapses.”
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