The United States and Germany are wary of Ukraine’s rapid entry into NATO, Foreign Policy (FP) magazine reports, citing sources. However, not all alliance members support this opinion.
According to FP sources, Eastern European countries, including the Baltics and Poland, are rushing their partners to allow Ukraine to join NATO. A “formal invitation” from Kyiv would be a strong gesture from Western countries, but behind the scenes, the leaders of some countries are hesitating on the final decision. In particular, American President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz still doubt the advisability of Ukraine’s accelerated membership in the alliance.
According to Biden and Scholz, who are supported by a number of other leaders of NATO countries, it is first necessary to wait for the end of the Ukrainian conflict, and then move on to negotiations with President Vladimir Zelensky on the country’s full entry into the military-political organization. However, Washington and Berlin support the prospect of integration with Ukraine. At the same time, supplies of weapons and equipment to Kyiv will continue, the magazine’s material emphasizes.
At the same time, part of the Western elite among FP’s interlocutors is convinced that Ukraine’s membership in NATO will immediately end the military conflict and allow Europe and the United States to weaken Russia. In the West, they believe that President Vladimir Putin will definitely not decide to go to war with Euro-Atlantic forces, FP journalists write.
Earlier, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg spoke about Ukraine’s unprecedented proximity to joining the alliance.
Source: Rosbalt
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