NATO’s door remains open to new members, but a country cannot join the alliance while it is in the midst of a war, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said in Oslo on Thursday, Reuters reported.

“NATO’s open door policy remains in force, but at the same time it is clear that we cannot talk about accepting new members (who are) in the midst of a war,” she told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO heads. state diplomats limbs.

In turn, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Catherine Colonna, said that the Alliance needs to think about what security guarantees it can offer to Ukraine.

Also present at the two-day meeting in Oslo, Estonian Minister Margus Tsakhna said that Ukraine needs to be given a “very clear path” to NATO membership.

“We must have a very reliable way for Ukraine to become a member of NATO”, – also urged the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland Pekka Haavisto, quoted by Reuters and Agerpres.

And the head of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Wednesday that Ukraine will not be able to join NATO while the war continues.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Thursday during a trip to the Republic of Moldova that Ukraine is ready to be part of the NATO military alliance and that Kyiv is waiting for the bloc to be ready to accept his country into the EU, Reuters also writes.

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