International Nato chief hopes Ukraine will join within ten years

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5.7.2024 - 03:18

ARCHIVE - US President Joe Biden (l), Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (M) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj meet at a Nato summit. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
ARCHIVE - US President Joe Biden (l), Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (M) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj meet at a Nato summit. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hopes that Ukraine will join the defense alliance within the next decade. "I very much hope that Ukraine will be an ally," said the Norwegian in an interview with the German Press Agency in response to a question about a possible expansion of the alliance in the next ten years. He had also worked towards this during his time in office at NATO.

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Shortly before the NATO summit in Washington, Stoltenberg also called for even more military aid for the country attacked by Russia. "The stronger our support, the quicker this war can end. (...) The more we commit ourselves in the long term, the quicker the war can end," he said. "Because now (Russian President Vladimir) Putin thinks he can sit us out. We have to convince him that he can't sit us out, and that can then create the conditions to end the war."