President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, in his evening address to his compatriots on Thursday, reiterated his firm request that Ukraine receive an invitation to join NATO at the Vilnius summit in July, after he also spoke about it during the day to the Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who visited Kyiv , reports News.ro.

“Neither the majority of Ukrainians, nor the majority of Europeans, nor the majority of people in all of NATO will understand the leaders of the Alliance if this summit in Vilnius does not contain a well-deserved political invitation for Ukraine to join the Alliance,” he said. Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

“It is difficult to say whose contribution to European and Euro-Atlantic security is greater than the contribution of our soldiers, Ukrainian men and women, who defend freedom at the cost of their lives,” the President of Ukraine emphasized. “I am grateful to all our partners who support us in this regard,” Zelenskyy added.

He said he spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who on Thursday made his first visit to Ukraine since the war began, about the defense of Ukraine, as well as the defense of “everything based on the rules of the international order.”

“We are preparing for the meeting in Ramstein, and Mr. Stoltenberg’s position is important. We are preparing for our active actions on the front line – they are inevitable,” Zelenskyi said, referring to the expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. “We are also preparing for the NATO summit in Vilnius, which is scheduled for the summer of this year, but its content is currently being worked out. We prepare through such meetings, through contacts at various levels that we maintain with our partners,” Zelenskyy explained.

He noted that in the evening he also spoke before the Mexican parliament, Mexico is the second democracy in the Latin American region, after Chile, which he is approaching, trying to expand his international support in an area where Russia has influence and which has been more reluctant to help Kyiv.

“I have just addressed the Mexican parliament, and this is the second such appeal in the Latin American region. I am grateful to Mexico for paying attention to Ukraine and for supporting our point of view on international security, on the need for the widest possible unity of the world to protect international law. Because if the law does not work, the threat to life will only grow. Bandits and aggressors will become even bolder. We have to prevent this,” Zelenskyy said.

“In fact, the negotiations with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, which took place today in Kyiv, were devoted to the same issue – the protection of Ukraine, the protection of the entire international order based on rules, the protection of life. “, the head of the Ukrainian state noted.

“Ukraine did everything to ensure that our application (to join NATO – no) was accepted,” Zelensky assured. (News.ro)

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