NATO will outline a “reform path” for Ukraine to join the alliance, but without a “timetable,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday, as quoted by AFP.
“The reform path for Ukraine” will be drawn, but “I cannot give a schedule,” Sullivan told the press on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. He also announced the meeting of US President Joe Biden with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday.
Jake Sullivan ruled out any immediate Ukraine joining NATO because of Moscow’s offensive, saying it would “put NATO at war with Russia.”
He assessed that the allies gathered at the summit in Vilnius have “a lot of goodwill” as Zelensky demands a “clear signal” from the West regarding his country’s prospects for joining NATO.
“The question is, what’s the way forward?” the US official continued. “I think we can get a good deal,” he said, as the allies work on a final summit communiqué to find wording that satisfies everyone.
In addition to the issue of accession, 31 NATO member countries are discussing measures to ensure the security of Ukraine, in addition to military aid to the country, which is conducting a complex counteroffensive. Jake Sullivan said the topic will be discussed on Wednesday when Biden meets with Zelenskyi.
Source: Hot News
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