Stoltenberg announces move by Erdogan to approve application on eve of Nato summit in Lithuania
Nato leaders will meet in Vilnius on Tuesday, amid demands from Ukraine for clear signals that it will be admitted to the alliance once its war with Russia is over and protected from further Kremlin aggression during the accession process.
Mr Stoltenberg said removal of the Map could be part of a three-pronged deal with Kyiv to be discussed in Vilnius, which may also include a commitment to ensure full interoperability between Ukrainian and Nato militaries and the forging of stronger political ties in a new Nato-Ukraine council. Before a brief visit to London on Monday, Mr Biden said Ukraine was not ready for Nato membership, but called for presentation of “a rational path” that would lead it into the alliance once the war was over.
Nato hoped Ankara would end its opposition to the membership of Sweden, which it accuses of being too soft on Kurdish “terrorists”, but on the eve of the summit Mr Erdogan suddenly linked the issue to his country’s stalled EU accession bid. Prior to Mr Stoltenberg’s news conference on Monday evening, Mr Biden told CNN that he was trying to break the Turkish-Swedish impasse through a deal on F-16 fighter jets with Ankara.
In a separate development on Monday, it emerged that Russian president Vladimir Putin met Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin just days after a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary chief and his private army.
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