16.06.2023 12:20
U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly “open” to plans for facilitating Ukraine’s path toward NATO membership by removing the Membership Action Plan.
That’s according to Politico, Ukrinform reports.
The MAP requires a candidate nation to make military and democratic reforms, with NATO’s advice and assistance, before a determination of membership can be made. By removing that requirement, Ukraine would still need to make some pro-democracy changes, but alliance members could at any point afterward unanimously welcome Kyiv into the club.
Biden spoke about the idea with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who has quietly floated the proposal, in Washington this week.
The U.S. president made clear that he was “open” to the idea if allies supported the plan, said a senior U.S. official, Politico reports.
A formal announcement of the MAP requirement’s removal would most likely come at NATO’s July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the report suggests.
It should be noted that the latest NATO member, Finland, was allowed to join the Alliance this year without an MAP.
As Ukrinform reported, U.S. President Joe Biden and his team are in the midst of an important conversation with other NATO members about how and when Ukraine can join the Alliance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hoped his country would receive both security guarantees and a clear, speedy pathway to NATO membership during next month’s gathering in Vilnius. The Biden-backed Stoltenberg plan falls short of that wish but does improve Ukraine’s chances of accession after the war.
(C)UKRINFORM 2023
“The Biden-backed Stoltenberg plan falls short of that wish but does improve Ukraine’s chances of accession after the war.”
Stoltenberg is a fuckwit. The plan is worth Jackshit. The war won’t just “end.” First the putinaZi horde have to be expelled or exterminated.
After that, the genocide will continue from the air. Which is why Ukraine needs security guarantees. Full Nato membership or guarantees given by specific countries such as the Budapest signatories and Poland, but confirmed to be of equal value.
Oh, common! How about a USUA military pact now, similar to the ANZUS alliance. We wasted so many lives and so much ca$h in shitholes like Iraq and Afghanistan, trying to liberate assholes who never wanted to be liberated in the first place. I really hope i am wrong, but are eastern european ‘subhumans’ unworthy defending and only good to get fucked for $10?! Stop this agony and show you got balls, instead of pissing around the target without hitting it. BTW, the Nato Air Force training led By Germany is useless unless the jets finally come to help Ukraine.
Hopefully the White House will not come out on Monday and “clarify” Biden’s position like they often do.