{"id":1969750,"date":"2023-07-11T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-calls-natos-decision-not-to-provide-timeline-for-membership-unprecedented-and-absurd\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T14:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:31:09","slug":"zelenskyy-calls-natos-decision-not-to-provide-timeline-for-membership-unprecedented-and-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-calls-natos-decision-not-to-provide-timeline-for-membership-unprecedented-and-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy deems NATO&#8217;s refusal to set a membership timeline as &#8220;unprecedented and absurd.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelenskyy-calls-natos-decision-not-to-provide-timeline-for-membership-unprecedented-and-absurd%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0711\/7446fa52-c337-44ad-9eab-2b315be9ea5e\/audio.mp3?length=2414061&#038;duration=201\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>NATO Expresses Support for Ukraine&#8217;s Membership<\/h2>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-proposes-space-tourism-tax-days-after-first-private-flights\/\" title=\"Democratic Rep Proposes Space Tourism Tax Days After First Private Flights\">exciting development<\/a>, NATO members have issued a statement affirming their support for Ukraine&#8217;s membership in the alliance. The Vilnius Summit Communique, available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natolive\/official_texts_217320.htm?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=natopress&#038;utm_campaign=20230711_communique\">pdf<\/a> format, declares that &#8220;Ukraine&#8217;s future is in NATO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-enraged-after-nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met\/\" title=\"Zelensky furious as NATO hints at Ukraine's potential alliance membership.\">highly anticipated summit<\/a>, taking place in Vilnius from July 11-12, brings together leaders from all 31 NATO member countries to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met-enraging-zelensky\/\" title=\"NATO hints at Ukraine's potential alliance membership, infuriating Zelensky.\">address critical global security challenges<\/a>, including the ongoing war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>Commitment to Reform and Progress<\/h3>\n<p>The alliance reaffirmed its commitment, initially made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit, and acknowledged the significant progress Ukraine has made on its reform path.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, NATO has replaced the requirement for Ukraine to implement a &#8220;Membership Action Plan&#8221; with an &#8220;Annual National Program&#8221; that will regularly review the country&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<h3>Assistance and Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>NATO has pledged to support Ukraine in implementing further democratic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/primary-election-counting-process-in-texas-largest-county-a-disaster-says-lt-governor\/\" title=\"Primary Election Counting Process in Texas' Largest County a 'Disaster,' Says Lt. Governor\">security reforms<\/a> necessary for its eventual membership. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-calls-natos-decision-not-to-provide-timeline-for-membership-unprecedented-and-absurd\/\" title=\"Zelenskyy deems NATO's refusal to set a membership timeline as \"unprecedented and absurd.\"\">member nations emphasized<\/a> that the invitation to join the alliance will only be extended when agreed upon by all allies and when the necessary conditions are met.<\/p>\n<p>Disappointment and Criticism<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his disappointment with the decision, stating that it would be absurd if Ukraine was not given a timetable for joining NATO at this year&#8217;s meeting in Vilnius. He took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1678707674811187200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to voice his concerns and emphasized that Ukraine deserves respect.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s Perspective<\/p>\n<p>Before attending the summit, President Joe Biden shared his views on the matter, stating that the war with Russia must come to an end before NATO can admit Ukraine. He highlighted the lack of unanimity within NATO regarding Ukraine&#8217;s immediate membership during an interview released on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5389155\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n      <noscript><\/noscript> President Joe Biden (C) and Britain&#8217;s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) arrive to attend the first work session as part of the NATO summit, in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. NATO leaders will grapple with Ukraine&#8217;s membership ambitions at their summit on July 11, 202<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>express support for Ukraine&#8217;s NATO membership without specifying a timeline. The Vilnius Summit Communique states that Ukraine&#8217;s future lies within NATO. This crucial summit, scheduled for July 11-12, will gather leaders from all 31 member countries of the alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":531,"featured_media":1969751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}