World Courant
ISTANBUL
Ukraine mentioned on Tuesday that it expects the nation would make progress on NATO membership on the upcoming summit in Washington in July.
The three-day NATO summit will start on July 9 within the US capital, marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the 32-member navy alliance’s formation.
“Ukraine’s expectation from the long run summit is, initially, development to NATO membership,” Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the nation’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, mentioned on Fb following a gathering of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council.
In the course of the assembly within the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, he argued that Russia is at present making an attempt to grab strategic places and break via the nation’s entrance traces.
Allies’ navy help has develop into a “matter of Ukraine’s survival,” Stefanchuk harassed, including that his nation’s pressing wants are air protection programs, F-16 fighter jets, ammunition, long-range artillery, and armored automobiles.
Their position as parliamentarians, he mentioned is to make use of all out there platforms, corresponding to right now’s assembly, to speak Kyiv’s place to the navy alliance’s leaders.
He mentioned Ukraine can be awaiting a call on its gradual integration into the NATO protection planning course of as a future ally.
He went on to say he emphasised the significance of accelerating the variety of international locations with which Ukraine has safety agreements.
That is “not an alternative choice to NATO membership,” he mentioned, however it’ll help Ukraine in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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