global | 2023.07.13 08:31
[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Choi Won-jin = The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, ended on the 12th (local time) after a two-day schedule.
While NATO allies failed to present a schedule for Ukraine’s NATO membership to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was present at the meeting, the G7 major countries issued a joint declaration promising long-term security support until the end of the war, one of the conditions for Ukraine’s NATO membership. announced.
“We regard Russia’s illegal and unjust invasion of Ukraine as a threat to international peace and security, a flagrant violation of international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, and incompatible with our security interests,” the joint declaration said. “We will continue to stand by Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian invasion, no matter how long it takes.”
The joint statement outlined how the G7 will support Ukraine in the long term. It promises to provide modern military equipment on land, air and sea, as well as training and information sharing for the Ukrainian armed forces to ensure “a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine today and repelling Russian aggression in the future.”
The G7 agreed that it would create “conditions conducive to promoting Ukraine’s economic prosperity”, along with war damage recovery in Ukraine, and the need to establish an international mechanism for compensation for damages and losses caused by the Russian invasion.
In particular, the G7 emphasized that NATO members decided to create a NATO-Ukraine Council, saying, “When the conditions for membership are met and the allies agree, they will be able to ask Ukraine to join the alliance.”
President Zelensky, who protested after not receiving a confirmation from NATO the day before, said in response to the adoption of the G7 Joint Declaration that day, “We have established a security foundation for the first time since independence. This is a concrete security guarantee confirmed by the world’s seven major democracies.” “removed any doubt or ambiguity about whether or not Ukraine would join NATO. It will.”
[빌뉴스 로이터=뉴스핌] Reporter Choi Won-jin = The leaders of the G7 and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a joint declaration on long-term security support for Ukraine by the G7 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the host of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit on the 12th (local time). We are taking a group commemorative photo before. 2023.07.13 wonjc6@newspim.com
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