NATO won’t change its position about Ukraine’s accession to alliance soon, Ukraine’s foreign minister says

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba doesn't currently see the prerequisites for NATO to change its policy regarding Ukraine acquiring membership

He said this in an interview with LB.ua.

As the minister noted, the European Union has made significant progress in relations with Ukraine over the past four months, while NATO has remained in place.

"NATO is an association of countries that make decisions by consensus. So, in this single circle, they made an informal decision. For russia not to use the argument that it is at war with NATO, the Alliance as unity will be in secondary roles.

They have now reformatted their aid package. Something will happen there, but the organization made a strategic decision that NATO will not play a leading role in supporting Ukraine," Kuleba explained.

"That is, I expect that shortly NATO will confirm that the door is open, and the decision of the Bucharest summit remains in force. Ukraine also stands on the track to Euro-Atlantic integration.

However, I don't see the potential for NATO to change its position soon like the European Union and start doing tangible things to ensure Ukraine's entry into the Alliance," said Kuleba.

At the same time, the so-called coalition of the willing was created in NATO. It is a coalition of those willing to participate in a coalition, and many of this coalition's members are NATO members.

"They provide specific assistance. Therefore, we need to distinguish strongly between aid from the United States as a NATO member and NATO's help, where all of it is coordinated by the Secretariat and provided to us.

I believe they made the following decision: not to allow NATO to play a leading role. A group of influential member states of the Alliance approved it, and it is currently being implemented," the minister added.

We will remind you that the USA announced a new military aid package to Ukraine for 820 million dollars.

It includes two NASAMS air defense systems and HIMARS rocket launchers.

At the NATO summit in Madrid, US President Joe Biden announced this new aid package to Ukraine.

In turn, the leaders of the NATO summit in Madrid approved a comprehensive aid package for Ukraine.

The package includes:

• secure communications,
• fuel supplies,
• medical equipment,
• equipment for countering biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons,
• equipment for combating drones.

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