2023-07-12 08:11:27
2023-07-12 16:11 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang/Real-time report Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, taken on the 11th.european news agency
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held a summit on the 11th and reiterated its assistance to Ukraine, but only stated that Ukraine was invited to join “when the allies agree and the conditions are met”, which drew criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He justified it, saying that the reason was that the war between Russia and Ukraine was still going on.
According to POLITICO, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, that NATO has decided that Ukraine must meet several conditions to be invited to join, including democratic reform and the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. Being ready to extend the invitation when the conditions are met is one big reason why they can’t become a member of NATO now, because it would immediately put the United States in a hot war with Russia.”
Miller’s speech echoed the opinion expressed by President Biden in an exclusive interview with CNN a few days ago, that is, the Russia-Ukraine war must end first before NATO can consider allowing Ukraine to join. “If the war goes on, then we’re all going to war, and in this case we’re going to fight Russia,” he said at the time.
Zelensky issued a statement on Twitter earlier this morning, expressing strong disagreement with NATO’s reluctance to commit to accepting Ukraine, and not willing to provide an expected timetable for joining, and does not see enough willingness on the part of NATO to integrate Ukraine into the alliance, “Invitation It is unprecedented and absurd to have no timetable for joining with Ukraine, and at the same time, even for the invitation of Ukraine, vague words regarding “conditions” have been added”.
According to reports, Miller also stated at the press conference that reforms around “anti-corruption” and “strengthening democracy” are indispensable for Ukraine’s accession to NATO, but refused to explain in detail all the specific conditions, and pointed out that NATO member states are ready to assist Ukraine meets the necessary conditions for admission to NATO.
“One of the things that Russia said before this war started was that they were absolutely once morest Ukraine joining NATO and hoped that Ukraine would never join NATO,” Miller said. “We made it clear that this was not going to be brought up for consideration , we maintain NATO’s open door policy, and we reaffirm this commitment today, making it clear that Ukraine will become a member of NATO “.
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