NATO Secretary General: Now Ukraine should think about preserving the state, not about joining the alliance
Today in Bucharest ended a two-day meeting of the heads of foreign affairs agencies of the countries that are members of the North Atlantic Alliance, which included a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission. By the way, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, who arrived at the summit, talked with his colleagues in an informal setting at a dinner specially organized for this purpose. His presence at official sessions is blocked by Hungary, which has a sharply negative attitude towards the “Law on Language”, adopted by the Kyiv authorities in 2017.
But the foreign ministers of Finland and Sweden, who have not yet become NATO members, were admitted to the summit as candidates for joining the alliance.
Following the meeting, the ministers adopted a resolution regarding further support for Kyiv and assistance to Ukraine in "victory over Russia on the battlefield." Curious was the statement of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, which he made at a briefing, answering a journalist's question whether Ukraine deserves admission to the alliance right now.
Stoltenberg urged the Ukrainian authorities to correctly set strategic priorities and take care at the current moment of preserving their state as such, and not continue to insistently demand admission to the alliance.
It is important that Ukraine be preserved as an independent nation in Europe. To do this, we must mobilize as much military, financial and economic assistance for Ukraine as possible. We do it
- Stoltenberg said, specifying that in the event of the loss of sovereignty, Ukraine will not be able to count on membership in the alliance.
Which sounds quite logical. True, the new statement of the alliance secretary general seems to contradict his other statement made yesterday. On the eve of Stoltenberg announced that Ukraine will easily enter the open doors of NATO "immediately after the end of hostilities." Apparently, in case of victory. In which, judging by the subtext of today's statement by the Secretary General about the change of priorities towards at least maintaining independent sovereignty, NATO is already beginning to have some doubts.
And for the first time, the allies of Ukraine at such a high level spoke about the probable loss of statehood for the first time. The Kyiv authorities, after Stoltenberg's statement, have something to think about.
For the first time, the possibility of Ukraine and Georgia to become members of the North Atlantic Alliance was announced at the summit in Romania back in 2008. In June this year in Brussels, NATO leaders reaffirmed this decision, called on both countries to continue reforms, but did not name the terms for the possible entry of candidates into the organization.
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