“Slovak Defense Minister Robert Kaliniak said that Ukraine will never join NATO, and also criticized the work of the “coalition of the determined”.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Robert Kaliniak, photo: wikipedia Source: Kaliniak in an interview with TASR, reported by “European Truth” with reference to Teraz
Details: According to him, the European Union should not interfere in the joint defense, it should be commanded by the North Atlantic Alliance, since two commands cannot provide defense.
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He also considers the possible creation of a joint European army an important element of federalization. “Either we are in NATO and then we don’t need it, or we are in Europe,” he said.
In addition, the minister repeated that Ukraine will never be in NATO. In his opinion, it will also have problems with joining the European Union. The group of states helping Ukraine, the coalition of the determined, in his opinion, did nothing.
“Did she send any soldiers? No, she didn’t. Of course not,” Kaliniak said. He added that Ukraine had a chance to end the war in 2022.
We will remind:
- Ukrainians still consider NATO membership the best option for guaranteeing Ukraine’s security, but their share decreased from 55% to 38% over the year.
- Another study showed that the willingness of European leaders to continue supporting Ukraine even in spite of the US “reversal” led to an increase in trust in the European Union, while at the same time trust in NATO among Ukrainians fell noticeably.
Read more in the article “EvroPravda”: There is worse than Trump. How Ukrainians’ trust in world leaders has changed, and what about the EU and NATO