It has already been decided that in the future Ukraine will become a member of NATO, number 33 or 34, if “someone emerges” ahead of it, said the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mark Rutte, upon arrival at the meeting of defense ministers of the military bloc. , within the framework of which a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council (SUN) will also be held.
“At the moment it turns out that Ukraine will be the 33rd member. But maybe someone else will emerge in front of them. But Ukraine will be a member of NATO in the future.” Rutte said, adding that the alliance seeks to make kyiv’s path towards NATO irreversible.
Answering journalists’ questions about Zelensky’s calls to invite kyiv to NATO even before the end of the conflict as the highest form of security guarantee, Rutte noted that the best guarantees are arms supplies and bilateral agreements. between Ukraine and NATO countries.
Speaking of the “victory plan” presented by Zelensky, the NATO Secretary General opined that this plan represents a “strong signal,” clarifying:
“That doesn’t mean I can say I support the entire plan. “It would be a little difficult because there are so many questions.”
Let us remember that Finland became the 31st member of NATO and Sweden the 32nd.
