Invitation for Ukraine to NATO is not tied to summit in Washington - Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister
Photo: Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Invitation of Ukraine to NATO is not tied to the summit that will take place in Washington from July 9 to 11, 2024, according to Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna.
According to Stefanishyna, NATO does not have a habit of tying important decisions to summit meetings. Therefore, the invitation for Ukraine to join the Alliance is not defined by specific timelines.
"It could be during the Washington summit, it could be with the new NATO Secretary-General. It could be at any moment," she says.
NATO Summit
The NATO Summit in Washington will take place from July 9 to 11, 2024 in the US capital, Washington, D.C. It will be dedicated to the Alliance's 75th anniversary. The summit was officially proposed in 2023 during the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
Before this, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the United States expects to discuss the development of a roadmap for Ukraine's NATO accession at the Alliance summit, which will be held from July 9 to 11 in Washington.
