– I believe that full restoration of control over the entire territory is not a necessary condition [przystąpienia do NATO]. Pavel said in an interview with the Czech portal that if there is a demarcation, even an administrative border, then this administrative border can be considered temporary and allow Ukraine into the territory it controls with NATO.
During the July NATO summit in Washington, Ukraine was not invited to join the alliance, but the leaders there agreed that Kiev would become a NATO member in the future. This has been the coalition’s official position since 2008.
As negotiations between Russia and Ukraine take place, Pavel believes that Moscow will control part of Ukraine’s territory. – Democracies that claim to respect international law and the United Nations Charter must respect any agreement between warring parties, but they cannot agree to change international borders on the basis of aggression, he added.
Therefore – as he puts it – the West should “consider the territories occupied by Russia as only temporarily occupied.”
What’s next with Berlin’s support for Ukraine?
Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on Monday at Platform X that Germany “is and will be” the largest European country providing military aid to Ukraine.
“We continue our support, with: a €50 billion loan, which we launch together with the G7 group,” Scholes wrote. “Ukraine can get large quantities of weapons through this. It can be relied on,” he added.
In recent days – Ukraińska Pravda portal recalled – German media reported that the German budget being prepared does not contain funds for support to Ukraine, and additional requests from the German Ministry of Defense regarding military assistance to Ukraine will no longer be approved. Principal’s request.
The German government has denied cutting military aid to Ukraine. The cabinet expects Ukraine’s international partners to release a total of 50 billion euros in debt next year, a government spokesman said.