Nato allies may be ready to remove some hurdles from Ukraine's path to the military alliance, German defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday, a few weeks before a Nato summit that aims to bridge differences regarding Kyiv's accession.
"There are increasing signs that everyone will be able to agree on this," Pistorius told reporters in Brussels when asked about reports that the US is open to permitting Kyiv to forgo a formal candidacy process required of some other nations in the past.
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that the US is giving tentative backing to a plan that would remove barriers to Ukraine's entry into Nato, without setting a timeline for its admission. Since 1999, most countries aiming to join Nato have participated in this programme, which is designed to help candidates meet certain political, economic and military criteria.
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