‘We need more’ before Ukraine can join NATO, says Stoltenberg
![]() 1834 Wednesday, 16 June, 2021, 12:40 A day after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted NATO leaders had “confirmed” it would become a member, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made clear no such action was imminent. “Ukraine is an aspirant country,” Stoltenberg told the Washington-based Defense Writers Group on Tuesday. “We provide support to them, especially to continue to modernize and refine their defense and security institutions, civilian-political control over their security services, and not least fighting corruption.” He added: “We have different building-integrity programs, which are very much about how to fight corruption as part of the reforms ... which Ukraine has already embarked on, but we need more. We need to do more with them to make sure they are fully implemented.” “To agree on the membership action plan, you need consensus among 30 allies. This was not the focus of this summit,” Stoltenberg said. |
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