Zelenskyj has been facing the Satisfied with the results of the NATO summit voiced – but not without restrictions. One can “state that the results of the summit are good,” but an invitation to join NATO “would have been ideal,” said Selenskyj in Vilnius at a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
An important result Security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to eventual NATO membership. “If the G7 countries announce these guarantees today, then that will be an important, concrete success for us,” says Zelenskyj. That is a “very important signal”. Kiev wants to join the defense alliance more quickly, he emphasizes. Sometimes, however, it is difficult to make the partners understand certain things.
“We live under conditions in which we have to survive, and our partners want to help us live, but in order to live, we must first survive,” says the head of state, referring to the ongoing Russian war of aggression. Nevertheless, he received “important signals” during the bilateral talks that his country would join NATO. “Ukraine understands very well that it cannot become a NATO member as long as the war is ongoing,” says Zelenskyy.