Ahead of the NATO summit in Lithuania, the president said that Russia's war must end before the defence alliance can invite Kyiv to join.
In order to join NATO, every member of the defence alliance must agree that the country in question is ready to become part of the group. In 2008, NATO leaders said that Ukraine would eventually become a member, but did not create a road map for it despite pleas from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Biden said he has spoken to Zelenskyy about NATO membership, and told the Ukrainian president that the U.S.
“I think we have to lay out a rational path for Ukraine to be able to qualify to get into NATO,” the president told Zakaria. He added that he refused Putin’s pre-war demand that the U.S. commit to not admitting Ukraine to NATO, citing the alliance’s “open-door policy.” “But I think it’s premature to say, to call for a vote, you know, in now, because there’s other qualifications that need to be met, including democratisation and some of those issues,” Biden said, stressing that there would need to be a ceasefire or peace agreement before the membership process can begin.
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