{"id":6376,"date":"2023-07-12T05:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6376"},"modified":"2023-07-12T05:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:26:43","slug":"nato-summit-allies-refuse-to-give-ukraine-timeframe-on-joining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6376","title":{"rendered":"Nato summit: Allies refuse to give Ukraine timeframe on joining"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nato states have said Ukraine can join the military alliance “when allies agree and conditions are met” after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the “absurd” delay to accession.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a communique, Nato said it recognised the need to move faster but would not be drawn on a timeframe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier Mr Zelensky said there seemed to be “no readiness” to invite Ukraine to Nato or make it a member.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is now in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, where the summit is happening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyiv accepts it cannot join Nato while it is at war with Russia but wants to join as soon as possible after fighting ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At a briefing on Tuesday afternoon Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said allies had reaffirmed that Ukraine would become a Nato member and had agreed to drop the procedural need for a formal membership action plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This will change Ukraine’s membership path from a two-step process to a one-step process,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Mr Zelensky tweeted that the lack of an agreed timeframe meant his country’s eventual membership could become a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“A window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine’s membership in Nato in negotiations with Russia. Uncertainty is weakness,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His comments follow disagreement between Nato members on Ukrainian membership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some fear near-automatic membership for Ukraine would give Russia an incentive to both escalate and prolong the war resulting from its full-scale invasion of its southern neighbour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In its communique, Nato said Ukraine had become “increasingly interoperable and politically integrated with the alliance” and had also made progress on reform. Member states would support further reform, it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Stoltenberg will meet Mr Zelensky at the inaugural meeting of the Nato-Ukraine Council on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SOURCE BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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