Ukraine’s success in the war against Russia is a precondition for its membership in NATO, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Nov. 30.
Speaking after a meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania, he said that NATO Allies made it clear throughout the meeting that they are ready to sustain the support with advanced military equipment, with ammunition, with fuel, with all the other stuff that Ukraine needs to defend themselves.
“That is the urgent, that’s the immediate and the most important task for Allies,” Stoltenberg said.
He emphasized that the most immediate and urgent task is to ensure that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent democratic nation in Europe;and to do so, the Allies need to mobilize as much as they can, when it comes to military, economic, financial, and humanitarian support to Ukraine.
“And this is exactly what we do,” the NATO chief said.
“If Ukraine does not prevail as an independent sovereign state, then of course, then membership issue is not at the table at all. Because then we have no candidate member anymore in Ukraine.”
Stoltenberg stressed that it is important now to take step by step and the most important and urgent step is to ensure that Ukraine prevails.
“…We need to develop closer and closer partnership, both political partnership but also practical partnership with Ukraine,” the official said.
“This will strengthen their institutions. It will help them to move from Soviet-era equipment standards to modern, NATO standard equipment doctrines. This is good for Ukraine, this is good for us, it will increase interoperability, but it will also help Ukraine move closer to membership.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Nov. 21 called on Western countries to support Ukraine’s applications to join NATO and the European Union.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Nov. 15 that Ukraine is ready to defend NATO’s eastern flank, although it is not yet a member of the Alliance.
Zelenskyy announced on Sept. 30 that his country would apply for NATO membership on an expedited basis. The document was signed by the president, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk.
The presidents of nine NATO countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia) on Oct. 2 called for “a significant increase in military assistance to Ukraine” and supported its membership in the Alliance.
The Office of the President of Ukraine reported on Oct. 4 that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had received Ukraine’s application. Now it will be considered at the level of ambassadors of NATO member states in Brussels.
“Speaking after a meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania, he said that NATO Allies made it clear throughout the meeting that they are ready to sustain the support with advanced military equipment, with ammunition, with fuel, with all the other stuff that Ukraine needs to defend themselves.”
There lies the problem. Ukraine needs weapons to attack the orcs with. no country ever won a war defending. Time for the West to up the ante and give Putler some fucking headaches as Moskovia starts to burn.
Amen F1!
True. Stopping incoming missiles from Muscovy is pointless. The launchers must be destroyed, aka in RuSSia and Crimea.
The whole time I read this I had a picture in my head of watching the other presidents and PM’s and thinking to themselves, “Why would we need you in NATO when you’re already protecting us from Moskovia for nothing?”
Nato used to be an organization of integrity. It’s now a shitshow run by a Marxist who takes his orders from France and Germany. The only Nato members with the capability to both fight Russia and be relied upon to do so include : US, UK, Can, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia. The others are unreliable or incapable.
Two previously putler-groveling socialist countries: Sweden and Finland, are earmarked to leapfrog Ukraine for membership. Which just demonstrates how despicable Nato is.
If Zel had the same shitty Marxist background as Stoltenberg, you can bet he would be lobbying hard for Ukraine to join.
In any case, France and Germany can be relied upon 100%: to keep blocking Ukraine indefinitely.
Agreed, you’re starting to sound like Trump now, lol…