Ukraine’s Expectations and Requests for Support at the Upcoming NATO Summit

As Jean-Pierre noted, the main topic of Biden’s meeting with Stoltenberg will be the upcoming NATO summit, which will be held July 11-12 in Vilnius.

“They will review preparations for the summit, including work to further strengthen allied deterrence and defence, deliver on defense investment commitments made at the 2014 Wales summit, and deepen NATO’s partnership,” the spokeswoman said.

She added that Biden and Stoltenberg will discuss support for Ukraine “in the face of Russia’s brutal war of aggression.”

Ukraine’s expectations from the NATO summit

It should be noted that Ukrainian officials have already voiced several times what kind of support from the allies they expect to receive at the NATO summit. In particular, our country wants the Alliance to provide the first agreements on the issue of security guarantees..

Ukrainian officials also said that they expect more specific promises about membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, since Ukraine is already actively applying and implementing NATO standards.

At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that he would not take part in the NATO summit if there were no security guarantees or specifics about Ukraine’s membership.