Yatseniuk: Ukraine should receive invitation to join NATO at Washington summit, which will be tantamount to starting accession talks
At the Washington summit, Ukraine should receive an invitation to join NATO, which would be tantamount to starting accession talks. For the Ukrainian people and for the entire free world, there is no other option but to accept Ukraine into NATO.
This was stated by the chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum (KSF), Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016 Arsenii Yatseniuk, Censor.NET reports.
"I believe that during the Washington NATO summit, Ukraine should receive an invitation, which will be tantamount to the start of negotiations on joining the Alliance," he said.
During the event, the Atlantic Council's appeal to the President of the United States on Ukraine's accession to NATO was presented.
Yatseniuk emphasized that the document presented by the Atlantic Council is a "roadmap" for making Ukraine a member of the Alliance.
"We can discuss technical nuances. But this is not a matter of some technical nuances, it is a matter of history," he added.
"There is no other option for Ukraine, for the Ukrainian people, and for the entire free world than to make Ukraine a member of NATO," Yatseniuk said.
According to him, the hardest part will be "arguing everyone in NATO into having a common position," in particular, to get countries like Hungary and Turkey to participate in the accelerated process "to help Ukraine join NATO as soon as possible."
"I believe that a decision will be made in Washington. I am convinced that the Washington Summit will bring real efforts and make a final decision for the Ukrainian people to make Ukraine a member of NATO. And to show the whole world that we are not afraid, that we believe in the free world and are ready to defend the free world together with Ukraine," Yatseniuk said.
Answering questions from the guests of the event about the possibility of a "Plan B" in case of a different development of the situation, the Chairman of the KSF emphasized: "This is not a Plan B, this is surrender. The Chinese, the Russians, and even the global South are watching closely to see if the United States will show that it is still the leader of the free world. Will the free world be able to defend itself, does it have enough courage to defend democracy, freedoms, even people's lives? Is the free world ready to fight? So there is no other option for the free world. And there may be many plans B, but they will all be in favor of totalitarian regimes."
