Ukraine will become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance, but now its main task is to defeat the war with Russia in order to preserve its sovereignty, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday, February 15, after meetings of the Minister of Defense of the Alliance countries . His words are given by Deutsche Welle.
According to Stoltenberg, NATO doors are open, he cited the example of new members of Montenegro and North Macedonia, as well as a step from joining NATO Sweden and Finland.
In addition, NATO is tuned to a long -term partnership with Kiev for moving from Soviet standards and systems to alliance standards, which should bring the moment of Ukraine’s entry. An important factor in this process is the successes of Ukraine on the battlefield, Stoltenberg pointed out.
After communicating with the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov on February 14, NATO members took the obligation to put Kyiv more heavy weapons and expand the training programs of Ukrainian soldiers, NATO Secretary General said. He added that Ukraine now has a window of opportunities and a chance to change the balance of power in this war in its favor.