Ukraine’s hopes for a more concrete prospect of joining NATO are in danger of being dashed for the time being. According to information from the dpa, alliance members such as the USA and Germany have recently made it clear behind closed doors that they do not want to make any commitments for the time being that go substantially beyond a vague NATO declaration from 2008.
In it, the then heads of state and government agreed that Ukraine and Georgia should join NATO. However, there was no concrete timetable or timetable for this.
Zelenskyj demands “well-deserved invitation”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently called on NATO to clear the way for his country to join the western military alliance at its next summit in July. Neither in Ukraine, nor in Europe, nor in NATO would the majority of the population understand if Kiev did not receive a “well-deserved invitation” at the summit meeting in Lithuania, said Zelenskyj after a visit by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev.
As justification, he explained that hardly anyone is currently contributing more to Euro-Atlantic security than the Ukrainian soldiers. His country has therefore done everything to ensure that the application from Kiev is granted.
Support from Central and Eastern Europe
Selenskyj is getting support for his demands from Central and Eastern European countries such as the summit host, Lithuania. However, it is currently extremely unlikely that they will be able to persuade NATO partners such as the USA to change course.
