In Ukraine, called a condition for Zelensky’s participation in the NATO summit

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in the NATO summit in Vilnius only in the format of an official meeting. This is what the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olga Stefanishyna, said on the air of the telethon on Tuesday, May 9.

“If the president will take part in the summit, it will only be in the format of an official meeting. You remember that Hungary blocked the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission at the level of leaders, at the level of ministers. Therefore, the leaders of Ukraine, the president was invited as an unofficial guest – it is not, which seems to be possible in general,” said Stefanishina.

He stressed that whatever the format of the Ukraine-NATO summit will be in the future, it should be official.

Olga Stefanyshina also said that the political signal Ukraine will receive at the NATO summit remains unclear.

“We understand that we must go beyond the open door policy, we must move away from the expectations of the Membership Action Plan,” he said, adding that “there are no objective grounds for not inviting Ukraine to NATO.”

According to him, Ukraine does not want to bring from the summit in Vilnius “a signal that NATO is weak, that there is no unity in important strategic decisions.”

“A political invitation to Ukraine for membership in NATO is quite possible, and we expect it in Vilnius. We hope that the allies will be ready to discuss it during the summit,” concluded the Deputy Prime Minister.

Recall that Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine understands that the country will not become a member of NATO during the war with Russia. However, there needs to be a clear signal that this will happen after the battle.

The media said that the United States, Germany and Hungary oppose the intentions of other NATO member states to offer Ukraine a “road map” for membership in the Alliance at the July summit in Vilnius.