NATO inviting Ukraine ‘a matter of months’ – Biden
Ukraine receiving an invitation to join NATO
is “a matter of next few months,” U.S. President Joe Biden suggested during a
meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vilnius summit on
July 12.
Biden made the remark at the beginning of his sit-down with the Ukrainian president, as seen in a video of the meeting posted by Zelenskyy’s office on YouTube.
“(I’d like to) put to bed the notion of whether or not Ukraine is welcome in NATO,” said Biden.
“It’s going to happen. We’re moving in a right direction. I think it’s just a matter of getting by the next few months here.”
The U.S. president also expressed admiration for the resilience of the Ukrainian people and emphasized that Ukraine sets an example for the whole world, and the United States is doing everything possible to provide Ukraine with all the necessary support in the face of Russian aggression.
He assured Zelenskyy that he is eagerly awaiting the time when they will celebrate Ukraine's accession to NATO together.
"Bad news for you is – we're not going anywhere, you're stuck with us," Biden joked at the end of his opening statement.
In the joint communiqué of the NATO leaders, published on 11, the Allies stated that Ukraine will receive an invitation to the Alliance when the members agree to it and when "conditions are met."
At the same time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine will be able to join NATO without a having to through the Membership Action Plan, suggesting that Kyiv’s accession, when it happens, will be fast-tracked.
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