NATO Chief Says No Formal Invite for Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that NATO will not offer a formal invitation to Ukraine to join the alliance at the upcoming summit in Vilnius that will be held from July 11-12.
“At the Vilnius Summit and in the preparations for the Summit, we’re not discussing to issue a formal invitation,” Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
Stoltenberg said the alliance was looking to bring Ukraine closer but did not specify what new commitments NATO might offer. “What we are discussing is how to move Ukraine closer to NATO, and the ongoing consultations. I’m not in a position to preempt the outcome of those consultations,” he said.
