According to Ukraine, moving forward on the path to NATO membership is the “only real” guarantee of security against Russia.
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Less than two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House, Ukraine on Tuesday put pressure on NATO countries to be invited to join them, but without concrete results following a dinner of work between the foreign ministers of the Alliance and Ukraine.
“There has been no progress“, recognized the head of Lithuanian diplomacy Gabrielius Landsbergis, interviewed by several journalists after this dinner attended by ministers from the 32 NATO countries and the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andriï Sybiga.
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TUCKER CARLSON STILL IN RUSSIA
Conservative host Tucker Carlson, close to US President-elect Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he had conducted an interview in Moscow with the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov which would be broadcast “very soon”.
He had already interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin in February. It was then the first interview given by the latter to a Western journalist since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in 2022.
“We returned to Moscow yesterday to interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,” said the controversial journalist, former figure of the Fox News television channel, popular with conservatives, in a video published on his social networks.
This interview, which he describes as “absolutely fascinating”, discusses the prospect of an “unprecedented conflict between Russia and the United States” and the consequences that the re-election of Donald Trump will have, detailed Mr. Carlson. , without specifying its broadcast date.
The latter, however, insisted upon his arrival in Brussels on the need to move forward on the path to his country’s accession to NATO, “only true“guarantee of security against Russia, according to kyiv.
Very cautious, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte contented himself before this dinner with reiterating the principled position of the Alliance. The process leading to Ukraine’s accession is “irreversible“, he reminded the press, without however mentioning a timetable.
Ukraine wants to approach a possible peace negotiation with Russia from a position of strength and with sufficient security guarantees. “The only effective security guarantee is NATO membership for Ukraine“, assured the head of Estonian diplomacy Margus Tsahkna on this point.
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