The US and Germany are wary of any move that might take the alliance closer to war with Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BRUSSELS - Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join Nato after Russia invaded in February 2022, arguing that the security assurances given by Moscow, Washington and London when it relinquished its nuclear arsenal to Russia in 1994 were clearly worthless.
Any expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization must be agreed by all 31 members, and Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has already ruled out a formal invitation for Kyiv at the summit. In a rare visit to Kyiv this April, Mr Stoltenberg said Ukraine’s “rightful place” was in Nato but later made clear it would not be able to join while the war with Russia, whose forces now occupy more of Ukraine’s east and south, rages on.
Since 1999, most countries aiming to join Nato have participated in a MAP although this procedure is not mandatory: Finland and Sweden, formerly neutral states which worked closely with Nato, were invited to join the alliance directly. It is cited as one of the main reasons why Ukraine cannot join Nato while in conflict with Russia, as this might immediately draw the alliance into an active war.
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