The NATO secretary basic and Ukraine‘s president met on Thursday to debate the alliance’s summit subsequent month in Washington, in response to an announcement.
During a gathering in Brussels, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg and President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned “final preparations” for the July 9/11 Washington summit the place “increasing support to Ukraine will be a top priority for Allied leaders,” in response to a NATO assertion.
“I think we are really on track to a very good NATO Summit for Ukraine and for NATO,” Stoltenberg reportedly stated.
He additionally voiced his expectations that allied international locations would “agree for NATO to take the lead in coordination and provision of security assistance and training for Ukraine.”
Stoltenberg “proposed a long-term financial pledge to give Ukraine more predictability in the support they receive,” the assertion learn.
The alliance chief congratulated the president “on the signing of an EU-Ukraine security agreement and the start of EU accession talks this week.”
The summit will possible be Stoltenberg’s final for the alliance, as his successor Mark Rutte is because of take workplace this fall.
Rutte, the outgoing Dutch prime minister, additionally reportedly has an assertive stance on support to Ukraine, effectively over two years into Russia’s conflict on its soil.
Source: www.anews.com.tr