The Russian Federation will not decide whether Ukraine will be in the future member of NATO. As UNIAN reports, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty of Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels before the beginning of a two-day meeting of the Ministers of Defense Members of the Alliance.
Stoltenberg asked if he agrees with the statement that the issue of acquiring Ukraine’s membership in NATO would not be on the agenda for a long time.
“My message is that the decision-making depends on 30 member countries. Russia does not decide who will be a member of NATO or not. This is a matter of principle, what all the allies again and again stated clearly. This concerns respect for the right Each state in Europe choose its own way whether it wants to belong to such an organization as NATO, or does not want, “Stressed Stoltenberg.