US-Ukraine Security Partnership and Prospects for Sweden’s NATO Membership: Insights from American Leader and Foreign Minister

2023-07-09 15:00:02

The American leader commented that he had a long conversation on this subject with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodímir Zelenskiand made it clear that the United States will continue to guarantee Ukraine’s security and supply it with weapons.

“However, I think it is premature to speak and ask for a votesince other requirements must be met,” added the US president. He also made it clear that it is optimistic regarding the prospects of Sweden to join NATO in the near future, in light of the forthcoming Alliance summit in Vilnius.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitri Kuleba stated that kyiv would not settle for any decision from the NATO summit in Vilnius, other than an invitation to join the alliance.

Moscow has stated on more than one occasion that NATO is a bloc seeking confrontation. In April 2022, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, stated that the expansion of the alliance will not guarantee greater security for Europe.

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