Zelenskiy Confirms Ukraine's Desire to Join NATO in Kyiv
February 14, 2022
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as posted by the channelUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday confirmed Ukraine's desire to join NATO amid Russian demands for guarantees the alliance would not allow its neighbor to become a member.
"We would like NATO membership. It would ensure our security, our territorial sovereignty. It's fixed in the Ukrainian Constitution," Zelenskyy said at a news briefing with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The U.S. has issued warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine amid ongoing attempts to deescalate soaring tensions.
Moscow wants guarantees from the West that NATO won’t allow Ukraine and other former Soviet countries to join as members, and that the alliance will halt weapons deployments to Ukraine and roll back its forces from Eastern Europe, the demands flatly rejected by the West.
"Many leaders hint slightly that Ukraine shouldn't risk and talk constantly about its membership in the alliance. Because these risks are connected to Russia's reaction. I think that no one hides it anymore. I think we should be sincere. It's our decision to take anyway," Zelenskyy told reporters after talks with Scholz.
Scholz's first visit to Kyiv since taking office in December comes before his first visit to Moscow on Tuesday.
It's part of a flurry of in-person and remote diplomacy by Western leaders.
Scholz was taking a message of solidarity to Zelenskyy after criticism of Germany for its refusal to join some allies in sending lethal weapons to the country.
Russia’s top diplomat advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to keep talking with the West on Moscow’s security demands.
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