Exactly when will this happen — unknown yet.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has decided to include Ukraine and Georgia in the Alliance. However, the deadline for their entry has not yet been set, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
«Ukraine has already applied for membership and we decided to work on it, supporting its reforms, helping to modernize the armed forces to our standards. In 2008, we decided that Ukraine and Georgia would become members (NATO — ed.), but we did not set when exactly«, Stoltenberg said.
He noted that only Ukraine should decide whether to join NATO or not and stressed that the Russian Federation has no right to interfere in this issue.
To the question whether Ukraine can join NATO in the coming a few months, Stoltenberg replied:
«Now on the reform agenda — aid to Ukraine. I repeat: now the point is Russian aggression. They occupied part of Ukraine — Crimea, control the Donbass with the support of the separatists, and then they want to force us to accept a legally binding treaty that would violate national sovereignty».