All the wishes of the Ukrainian president did not come true
(British Economist July 15, 2023 issue)
Ukraine also participated in discussions on Ukraine’s NATO membership (July 13, from the NATO website)
Still, the president achieved considerable results.
Ahead of the July 11-12 summit in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, Ukraine and its closest allies – including host country Lithuania and its Eastern European neighbors – agreed that Ukraine would become a member of NATO after the end of the war. It hoped to provide a clear and credible path to joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
They were terrified by the specter of the 2008 summit in Bucharest, Romania.
The conference declared that Ukraine would join “in the future” but did not specify how and when.
As such, it provokes Russia in a state where Ukraine is not protected, and instead plunges Ukraine into a dangerous gray zone.
“We understand that we cannot become a NATO member during a war.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed last month: “But we need confidence that we can become members after the war,” he added.
Future NATO membership was promised, but…
In fact, the leaders in Vilnius confirmed that “the future of Ukraine lies in NATO” and said they would not have to go through the test of NATO’s “Accession Action Plan (MAP)”.
However, there are still trials ahead.
The communiqué issued by NATO used the rather obscure language: “If allies agree and the conditions are met, we are in a position to send Ukraine an invitation to join.” .
(Some member states have great concerns about corruption in Ukraine.)
The Vilnius promise is “Bucharest minus,” said Samuel Charup of the RAND Corporation.
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2023-07-16 21:00:00
