Kiev has to commit to the alliance’s principles before it can join the US-led coalition said Joe Biden.
President of the United States Joe Biden has been critical of Ukraine’s application to join NATO, saying that his government will not “make it easy” to do so.
Because the country must adhere to the same standards as other members, Biden is taking this stance.
“I won’t make it any simpler for Ukraine to join NATO because they must take the same steps, therefore I won’t.
I believe they have taken all the necessary steps and have shown a very organized military capacity, but there is one question:
Are their systems secure? President of the United States Joe Biden stated, “I believe it will be able to satisfy the criteria that every other nation does for NATO.
Prior to the NATO summit in Lithuania the following month, this choice has been made.
Alliance head Jens Stoltenberg stated in Brussels on Friday that alliance leaders planned to convene the first NATO-Ukraine Council meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
NATO nations in Eastern Europe have pressed for a more detailed timetable for Ukraine’s admission, but important allies like the United States and Germany have been hesitant to go much further than a general pledge made in 2014 that Kiev will eventually join.
Since Moscow began its all-out assault of Ukraine in February of last year, NATO nations have already given Ukraine weapons valued at tens of billions of dollars.
Some NATO officials are concerned, meanwhile, that allowing Ukraine to join would raise the likelihood that the alliance would go to war with Russia head-on.