“Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that they have no time frame, not only for entry, but also for the preparation process. The NATO Secretary General and the US President made it clear even before the meeting that Ukraine could become a member of NATO when it prevails in the war. The declaration also states unequivocally that a country that is engaged in military operations cannot be a member of NATO,” commented security expert Slavcho Velkov in “Denyat ON AIR”.
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According to him, joining the Alliance is a long process, and there are countries like Germany that would not support receiving an invitation even if there was no war. “Zelensky’s criticisms do not pass, as they did here during the visit to Bulgaria, because this is NATO,” said Velkov.
He described Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s move to approve Sweden’s entry into NATO as “brilliant”. “I want to draw attention to the brilliantly played political party of Mr. Erdogan, who first made a concession with the intention of approving Sweden’s entry into NATO, but the question immediately arises against what? He stated yesterday: “Europeans, you make us wait 50 years at the gates of the EU, come and make our way and this will happen to Sweden. The other is receiving the F-16 from the US,” the expert believes.
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Slavcho Velkov emphasized that even the photo from Vilnius of the leaders speaks volumes. “Where our prime minister is – front left and where Erdogan is on the right and next to whom – next to Biden and Sunak, this is something that has an impact on Turkey’s decision and the importance of its leader to NATO,” he said.
The expert also commented on the speech of Prime Minister Academician Nikolay Denkov on the subject of cluster munitions. “They are an extremely powerful means of striking and are on the border and beyond the border of conventional arms conventions. You can say that after the US announced that it would supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, it did not cause such a one-way reaction in the EU. Even Great Britain did not condemn him, but distanced himself from such a statement, because these are munitions that are on the verge of weapons of mass destruction,” Velkov emphasized.
According to him, if Ukraine goes for the option of using cluster munitions, especially those that can strike deep into Russian territory, it could change Russia’s attitudes towards using more powerful weapons.
“Russia has hinted several times, people like Dmitry Medvedev, that it will think about a change in its military doctrine regarding nuclear weapons. We have to be careful when making such analyses,” the expert said.
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