All NATO allies agree that Ukraine will join – Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this in an interview with The Washington Post.

“First of all, all NATO allies agree that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance. All allies agree that Ukraine has the right to choose its own path, that it is not for Moscow, but for Kyiv, to decide. And thirdly, all allies agree that NATO’s door remains open. Then the question is when, and I cannot give you a timetable on that,” he noted. 

The NATO Secretary General emphasized the importance of Ukraine's victory in the war against Russia.

“The urgent task now is to ensure that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent nation, because if Ukraine doesn’t prevail, then there is no issue to discuss at all,” he added. 

• On April 24, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that specific mechanisms should be found to allow Ukraine to quickly integrate into NATO.

• On April 27, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that at the NATO summit in July in Vilnius, Ukraine expects to hear when it can become a member of the Alliance.