Daily on Defense — Zelensky’s lament: Another vague promise of future NATO membership
“It’s unprecedented and absurd when timeframe is not set, neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership, while at the same time vague wording about ‘conditions’ is added even for inviting Ukraine,” he tweeted.
This morning, in a news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Zelensky declared the results of the summit “good,” but said an invitation would have been “optimum.”ZELENSKY IS RIGHT: NATO operates on consensus, which means for Ukraine to be formally invited to join NATO, all 31 members must agree, and Biden says there simply is no unanimity about inviting Ukraine in the middle of a war.
“I'm not in favor of expanding NATO any further beyond Finland and Sweden, who, by the way, both contribute more than 2% to their national defense, until the rest of NATO gets its act together. I mean, right now, we are sitting at nine out of the 32, including the two new members, only nine out of the 32 contribute 2% of their GDP, which they all pledged to do a decade ago.”
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