As world leaders prepare to gather this week for a much-anticipated NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the alliance's unity may be newly tested as divisions over the type of assurances made to Ukraine regarding its future membership become starker.
launched by Russia in February 2021, Ukraine has pressed for a detailed path toward membership into the alliance that some member countries appear reluctant to provide.
"The Eastern Europeans and particularly the hosts have been very forward-leaning, but they've already been told by other allies that they can't be that forward-leaning," said one Western diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. The Biden administration has already said Ukraine, with an open border conflict, would not be offered membership at Vilnius. about Ukraine in an interview with CNN on Friday.
"They'll make real progress on sustaining or critical support in the middle of this counter offensive," said Coons,"but I don't think they'll leave Vilnius with a specific timeline." NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the alliance would agree to a"multi-year program of assistance" to Ukraine and establish a NATO-Ukraine Council to"upgrade our political ties."
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