Petro Pavel believes that Ukraine’s accession to NATO should not depend on whether full control over its entire territory is restored or not.
Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Alliance should not depend on whether full control over its entire territory is restored or not.
Ukraine’s full restoration of control over its entire territory is not a “primary requirement” for its NATO membership. This is what Czech President Petr Pavel said in a joint interview with the Czech publication Novinky and Pravo.
“If we allow any administrative border to be drawn, then it is possible to accept this administrative border as temporary, and Ukraine will be accepted into NATO along with the territory it controls at that time,” he explained.
Pavel cited the example of Germany, which was admitted to the Alliance in 1955, although part of its territory continued to be occupied by the Soviet Union until 1990.
“Therefore, in my opinion, there is a technical solution, and there is a legal solution that could allow Ukraine to join NATO without involving NATO in a conflict with the Russian Federation,” said the Czech President, adding that it will only be possible. after Negotiations will begin between Kiev and Moscow.
He stressed that democratic countries should consider the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia as only temporarily occupied.
Let’s recall that NATO countries declared that Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to membership in the Alliance.
It was also reported that more than one and a half hundred scientists from leading universities in Europe, the USA and other countries of the world sent an open letter to NATO, in which they called for Ukraine to join the Alliance as soon as possible. easy time
Source: korrespondent
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