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NATO-Ukraine Council Formation to be Discussed at July Summit in Lithuania: Media Reports

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Moscow, May 22 – The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that a NATO-Ukraine council may be formed at the alliance’s summit in Lithuania in July, and Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to attend, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Zelensky will attend a NATO summit in Lithuania, where the alliance is expected to create a new body known as the NATO-Ukraine Council, which will be a pass to future membership,” the post said, citing European officials and NATO sources. .
According to the sources, Kyiv will have the right to convene a council meeting and ask for assistance, which will be provided by individual member states.

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Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO until the end of the conflict, but would like to support partners in the form of an invitation to the alliance today. At the end of September 2022, Zelensky announced that Ukraine is applying to join NATO on an accelerated basis. Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security, noted that implementing such a measure now is not the time. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, commenting on Zelensky’s statement, acknowledged the bloc’s unchanged position on the right of each country to determine its own path and the “open door” policy, but stressed that the alliance would focus its efforts on helping Kiev defend itself. . According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine will not be satisfied with any other decision of the NATO summit in Vilnius scheduled for July 11-12, except for the invitation to join the alliance.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin has heard Zelensky’s request for Ukraine to join NATO, as well as various reactions to it. According to him, Moscow is closely monitoring the situation and remembers that it was Kiev’s orientation towards the alliance that became one of the reasons for the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

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