{"id":1972718,"date":"2023-07-14T02:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T06:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-volodymyr-zelensky-get-what-they-needed-from-consequential-nato-summit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T02:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T06:13:21","slug":"joe-biden-volodymyr-zelensky-get-what-they-needed-from-consequential-nato-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-volodymyr-zelensky-get-what-they-needed-from-consequential-nato-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Zelensky achieve goals at NATO summit."},"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%2Fjoe-biden-volodymyr-zelensky-get-what-they-needed-from-consequential-nato-summit%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=1972718&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--><h2>In the end, the big issue going into the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, turned out not to be such a big deal after all.<\/h2>\n<p>In the weeks and months leading up to the annual meeting of NATO leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been adamant that in addition to the tens of billions of dollars in weapons and ammunition NATO and partner nations have supplied his army since Russia invaded almost 17 months ago, he needed a formal invitation for Ukraine to join NATO to send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s absurd,\u201d Zelensky tweeted. \u201cIt seems there is no readiness neither to invite Ukraine to NATO nor to make it a member of the alliance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But by the time Zelensky arrived in Kyiv later that day, it was obvious that the commitments NATO was making, while short of an invitation, would send the kind of message he wanted Putin to get.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cUkraine is now closer to NATO than ever before,\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cUkraine\u2019s future lies with NATO,\u201d said Biden sitting across from Zelensky just before their private one-on-one meeting. \u201cAllies all agreed to lift the requirements for Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and to create a path to NATO membership while Ukraine continues to make progress on necessary reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was more than enough for Zelensky to gush that the summit was a \u201cvery much-needed and meaningful success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] Ukrainian delegation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pledges-israel-style-security-guarantees-to-ukraine-during-meeting-with-zelenskyy-g7-leaders\/\" title=\"Biden assures Ukraine of 'Israel-style' security support in G7 meeting with Zelenskyy.\">bringing home significant security victory<\/a> for the Ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over when to formally invite Ukraine to join NATO has been based on a flawed premise, that the mere invitation would drag NATO into World War III.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for the invitation to NATO. \u2026 It&#8217;s a signal,\u201d he said at a press conference with Stoltenberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is willing to have a world war, which is logical and understandable,\u201d Zelensky said. \u201cUkraine is fighting, and it truly understands that Ukraine cannot be a member nation of NATO as long as the war continues in our territory. This is absolutely clear. But those signals are important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvitation now does not mean accession now,\u201d tweeted retired Gen. Ben Hodges, a former commander of the U.S. Army Europe. \u201cThis is an incorrect assumption by Mr. Sullivan, but it&#8217;s used as the excuse for not yet inviting Ukraine into the alliance. Where is the strategic bravery and leadership that can best prevent war and ensure Europe&#8217;s security?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a public forum, Sullivan was confronted by Daria Kaleniuk, a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist who asked why Ukraine must wait for an invitation while her young son sleeps in the corridor to avoid Russian missiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake, please advise me, what should I tell my son?\u201d she asked. \u201cThat President Biden and NATO didn&#8217;t invite Ukraine to NATO because he&#8217;s afraid of Russia? Afraid of Russia losing? Afraid of Ukraine winning?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery member of NATO has to meet certain democrat reform requirements before coming into the alliance,\u201d Sullivan said afterward on CNN. \u201cThat&#8217;s true also of Ukraine. It has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-bends-knee-to-teacher-union-allows-remote-learning-after-threat-of-strike\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Bends Knee to Teacher Union, Allows Remote Learning After Threat of Strike\">made substantial progress<\/a> along the reform path and there are more steps to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s big win came before he arrived in Vilnius, thanks largely to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-volodymyr-zelensky-get-what-they-needed-from-consequential-nato-summit\/\" title=\"Biden, Zelensky achieve goals at NATO summit.\">shuttle diplomacy skills<\/a> of Jens Stoltenberg and a change of heart by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan agreed to drop his objection to Sweden becoming the 32nd member of NATO, in return for support in reviving Turkey\u2019s effort to join the European Union, along with clearance to buy 40 new F-16s from the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Putin and his craven lust for land and power unleashed his brutal war on Ukraine, he was betting NATO would break apart. He was betting NATO would break. He thought our unity would shatter at the first testing. He thought democratic leaders would be weak. But he thought wrong,\u201d Biden said in a speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNATO is stronger, more energized, and yes, more united than ever in its history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back in Washington, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was introducing six amendments to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would cut off all aid to Ukraine, including F-16s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">long-range missiles<\/a>, and direct President Joe Biden to withdraw from NATO, calling the trans-Atlantic alliance \u201cnot a reliable partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was happening as President Joe Biden was tweeting he was in Lithuania \u201cto reaffirm our ironclad commitment to NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the anticipated major concern raised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky turned out to be insignificant. Despite his insistence on additional funding, the issue did not hold much significance during the annual meeting of NATO leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1972719,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1972718","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}