NATO’s secretary general assured on Tuesday that Ukraine has opened the doors to the military organization, but underlined that its allies are now focusing on maintaining arms supplies to the country to win the war against Russia.
“The doors of NATO remain open and one day Ukraine will join the alliance. But in the short term, the priority is to support Ukraine to enable it to make further progress on the battlefield and ensure that it ends the war in a way that guarantees that it remains a sovereign countryJens Stoltenberg stated in an interview at the Berlin Forum organized by the Körber Foundation.
“This is the precondition for any accession debate,” added the NATO political leader, when asked about the accession situation of Finland and Sweden, pointing out the existing differences with Kiev.
Helsinki and Stockholm were already close partners of the Atlantic Alliance, participating in missions and political dialogue with the other allies, he said, while in the case of Ukraine, the country is in the midst of war, and “the priority is to provide military support.” .
Stoltenberg further emphasized that NATO’s military support to Ukraine is unprecedented and of great importance in advancing Ukraine’s counter-offensive on the ground.
“Without the help of the Allies, [as forças ucranianas] would not have been able to make these advances and repel the Russian forces,” he recalls.
Source: DN
