and he added: nato head jens stoltenberg then presented a smoother path to membership. it would remove some of the bureaucracy, including scrapping a key part of the two step process, called the member action plan, that the bloc agreed to back in 2008. our europe editor katya adler reports now from vilnius. disappointed, volodymyr zelensky put on a brave face today for supporters in the lithuanian capital. translation: i came here today believing in partners, in a nato that does not waste time. ukraine will make nato stronger. nato will make ukraine safer. a very different tone from his tweet earlier in the day, when he blasted the military alliance as absurd and weak for not agreeing a timetable for kyiv to join the club. as confirmed by nato s secretary general.
crowds in vilnius. translation: i came here today believin: translation: i came here today believing in translation: i came here today believing in the translation: i came here today believing in the partners, - translation: i came here today believing in the partners, in - translation: i came here today believing in the partners, in a - believing in the partners, in a strong data, in a nato that does not doubt, does not waste time and does not turn head toward any aggressor. ukraine will make nato stronger and nato will make ukraine safer. bbc s security correspondent, gordon corera, has more on ukraine s nato bid from kyiv. no one thought membership was on the cut immediately. after all, ukraine is involved in a war with russia and the point of nato is its collective defence. an attack on one is an attack on all. with it would effectively drag nato into that war and that was never likely. but it is the extent of the commitment that matters to ukraine. they have had more promises
tweeting. .. it s unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neitherfor the invitation nor for ukraine s membership. and he added. uncertainty is weakness. nato head jens stoltenberg then presented a smoother path to membership. it would remove some of the bureaucracy, including scrapping a key part of the two step process, called the member action plan, that the bloc agreed to, back in 2008. our europe editor katya adler reports now from vilnius. disappointed, volodymyr zelensky put on a brave face today for supporters in the lithuanian capital. translation: i came here today believing in partners, in a nato that does not waste time. ukraine will make nato stronger. nato will make ukraine safer. a very different tone from his tweet earlier in the day, when he blasted the military alliance as absurd and weak for not agreeing a timetable for kyiv to join the club.
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has previously described the delay to his country s accession as absurd. more detail from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. president zelensky arrived in vilnius to the sound of cheers and applause, the crowds hailing a leader who d taken the fight to russia. on his mind, getting nato to support that fight by letting ukraine join the club. translation: ukraine will make nato s stronger and nato s - will make ukraine safer. and while the welcome to the summit dinner was warm and friendly, the cold print of the summit communique was anything but. nato wants ukraine to join, yes. but it won t say when, and it won t say how. we will issue an invitation for ukraine tojoin nato when allies agree and conditions are met. this is a strong package for ukraine and a clear path towards its membership in nato.