“US President Donald Trump Special Messenger Steve Witcoff said Ukraine cannot join NATO and the USA now, but the issue of providing it with security guarantees under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty remains open.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Witcoff in an interview with American propagandist Tair Carlson
Details: Vitcoff noted that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Presidential Office Andriy Yermak have actually recognized the impossibility of Ukraine’s accession to NATO in the near future.
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“I think Zelensky and he has the right hand of Yermak, they have largely acknowledged that they are not going to be NATO members,” Vitcoff said.
At the same time, he noted that the discussion on the possible spread of the principle of collective defense under Article 5 of the Alliance Agreement.
According to him, the issue of providing Ukraine with such protection by the US or European countries remains the subject of discussion.
Direct Language: “Can Ukraine have this in some ways from the United States or European countries without being a member of NATO. And I think it is open (question) for discussion.”
Prehistory:
- At the beginning of March, Italy Prime Minister George Meloni initiative to extend Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to Ukraine without its official NATO accession. She believes that this will provide long -term and effective safety for Ukraine, as well as “help to reveal the possible Blaf of Russia.”
- On February 26, US President Donald Trump stated that, within the future agreement on the “termination of the war” in Ukraine, he excludes the possibility of its membership in NATO. He also said that the reason for the full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine was allegedly the Alliance, namely, the promise that Ukraine will once become its member.
- Earlier, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset also excluded Ukraine’s membership in NATO as part of the “peaceful settlement” of the war.