to israel s path towards the model of self defence and certain kinds of self sufficiency, it means ukraine needs to get very substantial security guarantees from western partners, otherwise it s not possible, and it means lots of additional things, possible, and it means lots of additionalthings, it possible, and it means lots of additional things, it means that ukraine needs to get fighterjets like f 16 in a big number, notjust two groups of fighterjets, but it should be a substantial number. find should be a substantial number. and of course the training on those. that was the announcement which was made in august so, not too long away there is a training set up, just one of the interesting things on exactly that issue, i was speaking to the latvian prime minister and he told me almost ingest a serious point that the commitment to training ukrainian forces up to nato standards will be so significant
the right approach for the summit? as you know, the united states strongly supports the open door policy, which says that ukraine and nato can make a decision together about his pathway to membership. and an important moment on the pathway to membership, the united states and nato allies and ukraine will have the opportunity to discuss reforms necessary to come up to nato standards. this will, in fact, be a milestone. ukraine still has further steps it needs to take before membership. ukraine will not be joining nato coming out of this summit. we will discuss what steps are necessary as it continues along its path. what convinced president biden this was the right time to do munitions given the concerns. did allies express concerns to him? and the reason you re fighting classification because the train is running out of munition carrier rounds? first, we have been looking at this for quite some time, and
how things continue to play out in moscow. in the meantime, we re going to stay laser focused on doing everything we can, both directly with the russians and then with other allies and partners around the world who are invested in his safe return, to try to get him out as soon as possible. president zelenskyy senaid a invitation for ukraine to join nato would be an ideal outcome for the summit. why is that not an outcome for the summit? the united states supports the open door policy, which says that ukraine and nato can make a decision together about its pathway toward membership. vilnius will be an important pathway on the way to membership. our nato allies will have the opportunity to discuss reforms still necessary for ukraine to come up to nato standards. this will, in fact, be a milestone, but ukraine still has further steps it needs to take before membership in nato. no invitation coming at this summit? ukraine will not be joining
[indiscernible] as you know, the united states strongly supports the open door policy which says ukraine and nato can make a decision together about its pathway towards membership and an important moment on that pathway towards membership because the united states, nato allies and ukraine will have the opportunity to discuss reforms still necessary for nato for ukraine to come up to nato standards. so, this will, in fact, be a milestone but ukraine still has further steps it needs to take. so no indication [indiscernible] ukraine will not join nato coming out of the summit. we will discuss what steps are necessary. and cluster munitions, what convinced president biden it was the right time for the cluster m munitions, given the allies concerns, and ukraine is running out of unitary artillery rounds first, we have been looking
we are not beggars. it is not about going cap in hand. it is about us making nato stronger and everyone knows perfectly that we will be the most powerful member on the eastern flank. we have proven that already in terms of nato standards, having a powerful army and the resilience of our people. we have proven all of that and notjust with blah, blah, blah, not with words but with blood. but if we are offered safety guarantees instead of nato, this is not fair. that is what i m saying. this is not an alternative and will never be an alternative for us. 0therwise why finland, why sweden? why were they quickly excepted into nato after they started talking about joining nato? accepted. why do i react to nato with that? what i am saying is if you do not see us in nato you willjust have to say it