Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said he was disappointed with the NATO decision on Ukraine's membership in the Alliance, which came short of inviting Ukraine to join. Source: Dmytro Kuleba in Bloomberg Details: Kuleba said that NATO should not keep Ukraine in limbo on its membership status, but admitted that the Vilnius summit decisions have made Kyiv's pathway to NATO membership shorter.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said that she understands the disappointment of the Ukrainian side with the decisions of the Vilnius NATO summit, but stressed that this topic is taken "very seriously" in the Alliance.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels on July 11 and 12 offers an opportunity for the Alliance to send a clear message that its “open-door” policy remains firmly in place. NATO has underpinned Europe and North America’s security for nearly 70 years, so it is no surprise that many countries in the transatlantic region that are not already members want to join the Alliance.