Ukraine continues to consider NATO accession as an important strategic goal, but today this direction is not a key priority of state policy. Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Andriy Melnyk said Berliner Morgenpost
According to the diplomat, an agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine should go beyond "purely political promises" based on the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
“Our partners should carefully write down what military means they will use to defend Ukraine if Russia attacks it again,” Melnyk emphasized.
He added that security guarantees could be both bilateral and multilateral agreements with the European Union and NATO countries. Security guarantees could be part of a larger peace treaty with Russia. According to Melnyk, Ukraine needs “firm commitments” from defense partners.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the entire territory of Ukraine should receive an invitation to NATO. At the same time, he noted that the Alliance's Article 5 may not apply to temporarily occupied territories.
Meanwhile, the White House stated that the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO will be resolved by the new US presidential administration. At the same time, they noted that they are not "confident in the success of such negotiations" now or in 2025.
