NATO will be in error if it fails to grant membership in the Alliance to Ukraine at its Summit in Vilnius, - Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s EU Integration, is convinced that failure to invite Ukraine to become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance at the summit in Vilnius will become yet another NATO mistake.

She emphasized this at the 15^th annual Kyiv Security Forum, established by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s “Open Ukraine” Foundation.

“Despite the optimism sounding today, we must understand that there is no consensus within the Alliance to invite Ukraine to the Alliance in Vilnius. In my opinion, this will become another NATO’s mistake”, - emphasized the Chairman of the Committee.

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze believes that such an error can become an even more tragic one than that made back in 2008, when at the Bucharest Summit, NATO refused to support Ukraine’s wish to be granted the candidate status in the Alliance.

She expressed hope that it is possible to profit from the time remaining before the Summit to the purpose of setting up more favorable conditions for a positive decision taken in favor of Ukraine at the Summit.

Noteworthy, the 15^th annual Kyiv security forum “For Our and Your Freedom/ Fighting for NATO” will be held on May 25-26, 2023, with the participation of well-known international figures. In particular, at the Forum, the KSF Security Council will be formed and a policy document will be adopted with recommendations for the NATO summit in Vilnius to be held this July.