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The proposal not to expand NATO eastward, which was one of the ways Western countries took the initiative on the issue of German reunification and reducing the possibility of the Soviet Union's influence on this process, [12] was based on the provisions of the speech of German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher in Tutzing, announced on January 31, 1990. [13]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that he does not believe Ukraine joining NATO is “realistic,” as the Trump administration looks to broker an end to Russia’s war in the country.
NATO countries will need to discuss conditions for Ukraine to get a membership invitation and to join the alliance in response to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's "victory plan", Dutch Defence ...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who was chairing Thursday's meeting, said that whatever agreement is struck between Russia and Ukraine, it is crucial that the “peace deal is enduring, that Putin knows that this is the end, that he can never again try to capture a piece of Ukraine.” ___
According to U.S. officials who spoke to Foreign Affairs, a provisional agreement was reached in April, whereby the Russian forces would withdraw to the pre-invasion line and Ukraine would commit not to seek to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from a number of countries. However, in a July interview with Russian state media ...
At a meeting with European leaders to coordinate support for Ukraine on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poured cold water on two goals that the U.S. pushed for years – NATO membership ...
The US agreements with the Romanian and Bulgarian governments to rotate troops across bases in those countries were an "needless provocation.". The attempt to bring Georgia and Ukraine into NATO had been truly overreaching, a case of “recklessly ignoring what the Russians considered their own vital national interests.”" [32] [33]
At a consequential NATO summit in Washington over the summer, NATO unveiled plans to assume more control over Western efforts to arm and train Ukraine's military. The move was seen as an effort to ...