The United States refuses to provide Ukraine with a NATO membership roadmap, despite pressure from Eastern European countries in favor of Ukraine’s membership.

Washington is in solidarity with Berlin on this issue, as well as with Viktor Orban’s Hungary, thereby resisting calls from Eastern Europe to set a clear timetable for Ukraine’s entry.

There are European states (in this case, Poland and the Baltic countries), which demand that in July next year, against the backdrop of the NATO summit in Vilnius, a “road map” for Ukraine’s entry into the Alliance be presented.

But Berlin, Washington and Budapest have a different point of view, according to the FT.

The related differences came to light this week during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

Warnings have been sent out from Kiev that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will only attend a NATO summit this summer if there are real moves for Ukraine’s NATO membership, such as post-war security guarantees from allies or moves to deepen cooperation. . Alliance.

NATO has agreed since 2008 that Ukraine could eventually become a member. Fifteen years later, however, little progress has been made on this front.

Ukraine formally applied to join NATO last year after the Russian invasion. Finland and Sweden did the same.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg last month submitted a document to the members of the Alliance with proposals for possible “practical and political” proposals to Kyiv. According to the FT, one of the proposals is for the Alliance to move forward with a new declaration on Ukraine’s relations with NATO, building on the 2008 statements.

Diplomats who participated in the talks this week say foreign ministers in Brussels are at odds over what should be offered to Ukraine.

Two people who attended this week’s meetings say several countries are calling for Ukraine to be given a “political path” to NATO membership, which will strengthen ties between NATO and Kiev. However, the US does not agree with this proposal and has distanced itself from it, according to the FT.