Should Ukraine remove NATO accession course from its constitution? Zelenskyy responds
Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine should not remove its course toward NATO membership from the Constitution. Allies' positions on Ukraine's future membership could change, said Zelenskyy while speaking with journalists in Brussels.
Zelenskyy said that even during his first dialogue with the 46th US president, Joe Biden, he raised the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO. At the time, Biden said that Ukraine would not be part of the North Atlantic Alliance.
"I do not think we need to change our Constitution (regarding NATO - ed.). This is our Constitution, and this is our course. US policy on Ukraine's NATO membership is consistent - they do not see us in NATO for now. But in life, everything is for now. Perhaps the position will change in the future. We are fighting for security guarantees," Zelenskyy stressed.
US peace plan
The initial version of the US peace plan, comprising 28 points and published by Western media, also mentioned the issue of Ukraine's NATO membership.
One of the points stated that Ukraine should enshrine a neutral status at the legislative level, while the Alliance would confirm that Ukraine would not join NATO.
As a result, Ukraine is currently seeking strong security guarantees from its allies to prevent a possible repeat of Russian aggression.
In particular, it recently became known that the United States offered Ukraine security guarantees similar to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. However, according to Politico, Washington gave Kyiv only a few days to accept the proposal, allegedly warning that future offers would be worse.
