German Chancellor Olaf Scholz affirmed on Tuesday that the working relationship with Ukraine will continue to be developed at the next summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Vilnius, Lithuania, but he reiterated his reluctance regarding a eventual entry into the alliance.
According to the statements of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba, not admitting his country to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) once the war is over would be a suicidal decision. “We will strengthen cooperation and continue to develop the current working relationship. There is already talk of the idea of a joint council and we will surely address the perspective of countries that look at NATO and want to participate,” said Scholz.
Regarding a clear roadmap for Ukraine’s entry, Scholz once again mentioned the admission criteria that stipulate that candidate countries cannot count on border conflicts. While Minister Kuleba asked the German Government not to take the same route as Angela Merkel in 2008, when she offered strong resistance against any progress on the path of Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Ukraine’s admission to the alliance would be the path to peace, by discouraging Moscow from future wars, and would not lead to even greater conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on all NATO member states to accept the invaded country when the war is over, despite the fact that the Russian government would strongly disagree.
According to the President of Ukraine, the signatory countries of the military cooperation treaty must “stop looking at the Kremlin” when making decisions regarding the Ukrainians. “Ukraine’s entry into NATO will be a powerful signal to the world that this is an alliance that protects and will continue to protect,” Zelensky said during a speech in the Ukrainian parliament.
With information from EFE
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