Symbols of support for Ukraine are common around Vilnius, where the country’s blue-and-yellow flags hang from buildings and are pasted inside windows. It’s to the benefit of everyone that we maintain that balancing act,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said. We managed that very delicate balancing act for the last 17 months.
“We have to stay outside of this war but be able to support Ukraine. In essence, Western countries are willing to keep sending weapons to help Ukraine do the job that NATO was designed to do - hold the line against a Russian invasion - but not allow Ukraine to join its ranks and benefit from its security during the war. Ukraine’s future membership was the most divisive and emotionally charged issue at this year’s summit. Zelenskyy thanked Biden, saying that “you spend this money for our lives,” and said shipments of controversial cluster munitions would help Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
The Ukrainian and American presidents also met privately along with their advisers, and Biden acknowledged that Zelenskyy is sometimes “frustrated” by the pace of military assistance.
We will stand for freedom today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes.” Our commitment to Ukraine will not weaken. “We will not waver,” Biden vowed after the summit in Lithuania ended. Zelenskyy described the initiative as a bridge toward eventual NATO membership and a deterrent against Russia. President Joe Biden and other leaders from the Group of Seven most powerful democratic nations.Ī joint declaration issued by the G7 lays the groundwork for each nation to negotiate agreements to help Ukraine bolster its military over the long term. “The Ukrainian delegation is bringing home a significant security victory for the Ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children,” he said while flanked by U.S. VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh pledges of weapons and ammunition to fight Russia’s invasion along with longer-term security commitments from the West on Wednesday even as he expressed disappointment over the lack of a clear path for his country to join NATO as the alliance wrapped up its annual summit.
0 kommentar(er)
