President Biden is meeting with other NATO leaders in Lithuania for a key summit that could change the course of the war in Ukraine and reshape the alliance itself.
to join NATO after a year of opposition. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the reversal as a “historic step.”NATO will send Ukraine a 'positive signal' over NATO pathway, White House saysVILNIUS — The White House said President Biden and trans-Atlantic leaders would send “a united, positive signal” to Ukraine over its path to future NATO membership this week, but doused hopes that Kyiv could be fast-tracked into the defensive alliance.
“There’s consensus, including from Ukraine, that the question is not Ukraine in NATO now, here in Vilnius. The question is, what’s the pathway towards Ukraine’s future membership,” he said. “I think we can come to a good understanding about that, here in Vilnius, among all of the allies, and with Ukraine.”
Biden welcomed Turkey's decision to back Sweden's NATO bid after a year of opposition to the Scandinavian country's application.
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