NATO: Ukraine cannot join the alliance at this stage

WORLD, Oct. 28 (YPA) – Director, Nuclear Policy Directorate at NATO, Jessica Cox, said that all allies recognize that Ukraine cannot join the alliance at this stage.

Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Cox said: “The allies expressed support for Ukraine’s rapprochement with NATO during this period but they recognize that we have not yet reached the point where Ukraine can join the alliance.”

Cox noted that “significant work” was needed in relations between Ukraine and the alliance.

Shed affirmed that some important steps in this direction had been taken at the Vilnius summit and that efforts aimed at rapprochement between Ukraine and NATO were being “doubled”.

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