The comments from German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius come a few weeks before a NATO summit that aims to bridge differences over Ukraine’s accession
NATO allies may be ready to remove some hurdles from Ukraine’s path to the military alliance, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday, a few weeks before a NATO summit that aims to bridge differences over Kyiv’s accession.
“I would be open for this,” said Pistorius, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with his NATO counterparts at the alliance’s headquarters. It quoted a senior U.S. official as saying Washington is “comfortable” with a proposal from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that would allow Kyiv to circumvent the alliance’s so-called Membership Action Plan .
By shortening the process, the U.S. hopes to bridge divisions among member nations over Kyiv’s path to joining the transatlantic military alliance, the Washington Post reported.However, the proposal would still require Ukraine to carry out reforms and, contrary to the wishes of Eastern European allies, it would not attach a time frame for Ukraine’s accession, according to the paper.
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