“Increased support for Ukraine will be a priority on our agenda and we are on the right track for a successful summit,” the Norwegian politician said on social media X after the meeting at NATO headquarters.
The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, was confident this Thursday, after a meeting in Brussels with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, that the next summit of the Atlantic Alliance, to be held in July in Washington, will reinforce aid of the organization to kyiv.
“Increased support for Ukraine will be a priority on our agenda and we are on the right track for a successful summit,” the Norwegian politician said on social media X after the meeting at NATO headquarters in the Belgian capital.
Zelensky also spoke on social media.
“We expect decisions to be made that will strengthen the Alliance’s role in coordinating security assistance and training of Ukrainian troops, as well as long-term financial commitments to ensure stable support for Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian leader thanked Stoltenberg for his efforts to “consolidate the support of allies” for kyiv, in particular by strengthening anti-aircraft defenses in the face of continued Russian attacks.
On Thursday morning in Brussels, the European Union (EU) pledged to provide “predictable and long-term support” for Ukraine’s security and defence.
The commitment, signed by the presidents of the European Council, Charles Michel, and of Ukraine, who went to Brussels to sign the document on the sidelines of the summit that brings together European leaders this Thursday and Friday, stipulates that the EU undertakes to give “predictable, long-term and sustainable support for the security and defense of Ukraine.”
Almost two and a half years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022, kyiv forces continue to regret that allied support is insufficient to counter the superiority of Moscow’s forces in terms of personnel and weapons.
At the next high-level NATO summit, Jens Stoltenberg’s proposal to create a long-term fund for Ukraine worth 40 billion euros per year should be on the table.
This will be the last summit with the former Norwegian prime minister at the head of the organization, whose succession by the head of the outgoing Dutch Government, Mark Rutte, has been approved this week by the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s main political decision-making body. . .
Source: Observadora
