The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine proposed a “win-win strategy”
NATO needs to discuss giving Ukraine the opportunity to join the alliance de facto, not de jure. This proposal was made by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov at the GLOBSEC 2022 forum in Bratislava.
“I think that if we are talking about Ukraine’s de facto NATO membership and not de jure membership, that might be a good idea in this strategy. Ukraine will also be part of the strategy, because we are part of the eastern flank of Europe, the eastern flank of the NATO countries, the eastern flank of the EU,” Archyde.com quoted Reznikov as saying. He suggested that this would be a win-win strategy for all countries.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albarez said at the end of May that Ukraine’s accession to NATO not yet discussed. Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul believes that Ukraine was deceivedwhen they promised her a possible membership in the organization. Prior to the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Russia asked NATO and the United States to provide security guarantees, including the requirement not to include Ukraine in the alliance, but the parties refused to meet Russia halfway. According to the first deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko, the Russian Federation launched a special operation not only because of the threat of NATO expansion. Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik believes that Ukraine can join NATO after the end of the special operation of the Russian Federation, reports Life.
NATO needs to discuss giving Ukraine the opportunity to join the alliance de facto, not de jure. This proposal was made by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov at the GLOBSEC 2022 forum in Bratislava. “I think that if we are talking about Ukraine’s de facto NATO membership and not de jure membership, that might be a good idea in this strategy. Ukraine will also be part of the strategy, because we are part of the eastern flank of Europe, the eastern flank of the NATO countries, the eastern flank of the EU,” Archyde.com quoted Reznikov as saying. He suggested that this would be a win-win strategy for all countries. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez said at the end of May that the issue of Ukraine’s accession to NATO was not discussed yet. Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul believes that Ukraine was deceived when it was promised possible membership in the organization. Prior to the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Russia asked NATO and the United States to provide security guarantees, including the requirement not to include Ukraine in the alliance, but the parties refused to meet Russia halfway. According to Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation launched a special operation not only because of the threat of NATO expansion. Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk believes that Ukraine can join NATO after the end of the special operation of the Russian Federation, reports Life.