NATO Secretary General: Russia has no reason to fear Ukraine's future membership in Alliance

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Russia should not be afraid of Ukraine's future NATO membership, nor should it try to prevent it, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg said.


On Friday in Brussels, at the end of a two-day meeting of the defense ministers of the organization's member states, commenting at the request of journalists on the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine's membership in the alliance would pose a threat to Russia, the Secretary General said that Russia does not need to be afraid of Ukraine joining the Alliance. Partly, because NATO is a defense alliance, and also partly because it is Ukraine and NATO allies who will decide when Ukraine is ready to join the alliance. No other country has the right to interfere or say no to this process.


Stoltenberg said that Ukraine is a sovereign, independent state. And a sovereign independent state has the right to decide its own path. Therefore, it is only Ukraine that will decide whether it wants to be a NATO member, and it is up to thirty allies to decide when Ukraine will meet NATO standards, he explained the position of the alliance.


However, the organization's Secretary General said the expansion of NATO over the past decades has only brought peace and stability throughout Europe. Therefore, there is no reason for Russia to fear or have the right to use a veto or stop a sovereign state from joining the Alliance, Stoltenberg said.

NATO Secretary General: Russia has no reason to fear Ukraine's future membership in Alliance

Russia should not be afraid of Ukraine's future NATO membership, nor should it try to prevent it, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg said.

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Russia made a statement on rapprochement between Kiev and NATO

TEXT: ELENA KACHUROVSKAYA, October 24, 2021, 15:00





Dmitry Peskov admitted that the Russian Federation cannot prevent the rapprochement of Ukraine and NATO

The Kremlin acknowledged that it could not stop Ukraine's rapprochement with NATO, but was going to "minimize the consequences of this."

The Kremlin acknowledged that Moscow cannot prevent the rapprochement between Ukraine and NATO. But I must minimize the consequences of this process for myself. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on the air of one of the Russian TV channels, reports on Sunday, October 24, RIA Novosti.

"We cannot prevent this. And this is impossible. But we can minimize the consequences of such steps for our country. I have no doubt that if the rapprochement between Ukraine and NATO continues, everything that is necessary will be done in Russia," he said.

At the same time, Peskov did not specify what exactly Russia plans to do in this case.

We will remind, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said earlier that the possible entry of Ukraine into NATO would be the worst scenario for the national interests of Russia. This could prompt Moscow to take proactive measures to protect its own security.

In turn, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba sharply answered Peskov that the worst scenario has already taken place.

В РФ сделали заявление по сближению Киева и НАТО

В Кремле признали, что не могут остановить сближение Украины с НАТО, но собираются минимизировать последствия этого .

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