{"id":1969771,"date":"2023-07-11T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:46:02","slug":"nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO: Ukraine&#8217;s Membership Possible When Conditions Met"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fnato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met%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=1969771&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 exciting development, 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, has brought 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 has 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. This change reflects the alliance&#8217;s dedication to assisting Ukraine in implementing further democratic and security reforms necessary for its eventual membership.<\/p>\n<h3>Invitation and Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>The member nations have stated that they will extend an invitation to Ukraine to join the alliance when the conditions are met and agreed upon by all allies. Latvia&#8217;s Prime Minister Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Kari\u0146\u0161 expressed confidence that Ukraine will become a member after the war.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed disappointment with the decision, emphasizing the need for a clear timetable for Ukraine&#8217;s NATO membership. He took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1678707674811187200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to voice his concerns, stating that it is unprecedented and absurd to not set a timeframe while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met\/\" title=\"NATO: Ukraine's Membership Possible When Conditions Met\">adding vague conditions<\/a> for the invitation.<\/p>\n<h3>President Biden&#8217;s Perspective<\/h3>\n<p>Before attending the summit, President Joe Biden shared his perspective on the matter. He believes that the war with Russia must come to an end before NATO can admit Ukraine into the alliance. President Biden highlighted the lack of unanimity within NATO regarding Ukraine&#8217;s immediate membership during an interview with CNN.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5389140\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n      <noscript><\/noscript> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska pose for a photograph ahead of the social dinner during the NATO summit, at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. (Ludovic Marin\/AFP via Getty Image)<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":1969772,"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-1969771","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\/1969771","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=1969771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}