Ukraine is not going to be invited to NATO in the "short term"

US Ambassador to the Alliance Julian Smith says that NATO has no plans to invite Kyiv to join the Alliance in the near future.

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Answering journalists' questions about the possibility of extending an official invitation to Ukraine to join NATO, she said that the position of partners, and the United States in particular, remains unchanged.

"I think NATO's position on this is very clear. We stated this this summer at the 75th anniversary summit that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to membership, and that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance. We are not at the stage where the Alliance is talking about extending an invitation in the short term," she explained.

At the same time, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the victory plan presented by Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, 16 October, is a "good signal" but that he "cannot support it as a whole".

According to Rutte, the allies plan to discuss the points of the plan, and to delve into some of them "to understand what is behind it".

Source: Voice of America