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Ukraine submits an application to NATO in an accelerated manner
Ukraine will apply for an entry into the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) in an accelerated manner on September 30. This was stated by President of the country Vladimir Zelensky.
According to the president, Ukraine de facto has already gone to NATO and proved compatibility with the standards of the North Atlantic Alliance. During the search for consensus on the country's entry into the association, Zelensky proposed to implement proposals for security that Kyiv developed along with Western partners.
“Today, Ukraine is applying to do this de jure. According to the procedure that will meet our value to protect our entire community. In an accelerated manner. We know that this is possible. We saw how Finland and Sweden this year began joining an alliance without a plan of action on membership. ”
In addition, the president added that Ukraine is ready to start negotiations with Russia, but "already with another president of Russia."
What you need to know. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed agreements on “entering” the occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine into Russia.
During peace negotiations in Istanbul in March, Ukraine proposed not to join NATO. Earlier, Putin called the country's desire in the North Atlantic Alliance of one of the reasons for the invasion of the Russian army. However, after the meeting of delegations in Turkey, the negotiation process was frozen.
After the start of the war in Ukraine, Finland and Sweden also submitted applications for joining NATO. In early July, all members of the association signed a protocol on the accession of countries to the alliance.