Posted on 04/29/2024 6:27:05 PM PDT by McGruff
The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, doesn’t expect the alliance to offer membership to Ukraine during its 75th anniversary summit in Washington in July. But, she added, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won’t go away empty-handed.
Speaking to the Atlantic Council from NATO headquarters in Brussels, Ms. Smith on Monday said the 32 NATO allies are working on an “actual deliverable” that will demonstrate the alliance’s loyalty their commitment to ensuring Ukraine’s sovereignty. Last year, NATO formally said Ukraine’s future lies with the alliance.
“I am expecting allies to construct a bridge to membership by offering Ukraine a ‘deliverable’ that will enable them to become closer to the alliance,” Ms. Smith said.
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If the US wasn’t the de facto defender of the free world by treaty or not this would be HUGE news.
In the meantime it would be nice if the avg Euro recognized that my tax dollars prevented them fr being warred on in 80years.
In some of these cities it has been centuries since one could live to 80yo without being warred on at least once in their lives.
“That’s a shame.”
- Seinfeld
Ukraine cannot be at war and join at the same time. Too bad that 2012 coup led to Ukrainian shelling breakaway republics....
They can’t join when at war. Good thing, or nato would be required to go to war with Russia.
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