{"id":5982,"date":"2023-04-20T15:08:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5982"},"modified":"2025-10-18T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:35:54","slug":"nato-chief-says-ukraine-will-one-day-belong-to-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/europe\/ukraine\/nato-chief-says-ukraine-will-one-day-belong-to-alliance\/2023\/04\/20\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO chief says Ukraine will one day belong to alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

KYIV,<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> (AP)<\/span> \u2014<\/span> NATO<\/span> chief<\/span> Jens<\/span> Stoltenberg<\/span> defiantly<\/span> declared<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> deserves<\/span> to<\/span> join<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> alliance<\/span> and<\/span> pledged<\/span> continuing<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> first<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> since<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> invasion<\/span> just<\/span> over<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> ago.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukrainian<\/span> President<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelenskyy<\/span> urged<\/span> Stoltenberg,<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> instrumental<\/span> in<\/span> marshaling<\/span> support<\/span> from<\/span> NATO’s<\/span> members,<\/span> to<\/span> push<\/span> for<\/span> even<\/span> more<\/span> from<\/span> them,<\/span> including<\/span> warplanes,<\/span> artillery<\/span> and<\/span> armored<\/span> equipment.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> has<\/span> given<\/span> various<\/span> justifications<\/span> for<\/span> going<\/span> to<\/span> war,<\/span> but<\/span> repeated<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> preventing<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> from<\/span> joining<\/span> NATO<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> key<\/span> goal<\/span> behind<\/span> its<\/span> invasion,<\/span> arguing<\/span> that<\/span> Kyiv’s<\/span> membership<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> alliance<\/span> would<\/span> pose<\/span> an<\/span> existential<\/span> threat<\/span> to<\/span> Russia.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>NATO<\/span> leaders<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> 2008<\/span> that<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> would<\/span> join<\/span> the<\/span> alliance<\/span> one<\/span> day,<\/span> and<\/span> Stoltenberg<\/span> has<\/span> repeated<\/span> that<\/span> promise<\/span> throughout<\/span> the<\/span> course<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> \u2014<\/span> though<\/span> the<\/span> organization<\/span> has<\/span> established<\/span> no<\/span> pathway<\/span> or<\/span> timetable<\/span> for<\/span> membership.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cLet<\/span> me<\/span> be<\/span> clear,<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> rightful<\/span> place<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Euro-Atlantic<\/span> family,\u201d<\/span> Stoltenberg<\/span> told<\/span> a<\/span> press<\/span> conference.<\/span> “Ukraine’s<\/span> rightful<\/span> place<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> NATO.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> discussed<\/span> NATO-supported<\/span> programs<\/span> with<\/span> Zelensky.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cThis<\/span> will<\/span> help<\/span> us<\/span> move<\/span> from<\/span> Soviet-era<\/span> equipment<\/span> and<\/span> doctrine<\/span> to<\/span> NATO<\/span> standards<\/span> and<\/span> ensure<\/span> full<\/span> interoperability<\/span> with<\/span> our<\/span> alliances,\u201d<\/span> Stoltenberg<\/span> said.<\/span> ,<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> with<\/span> you<\/span> as<\/span> long<\/span> as<\/span> you<\/span> need<\/span> it.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg defiantly declared Thursday that Ukraine deserves to join the military alliance and pledged continuing support for the country on his first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s invasion just over a year ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Stoltenberg, who has been instrumental in marshaling support from NATO’s […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2482,9925,24,26,280],"tags":[1225,1226,1227,1228,1312,1378,1413,1708,2587,2721,3203,3211,4134,152,933,1224],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nato-1.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5985,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5982\/revisions\/5985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}