Ukraine has the right to aspire to NATO membership, but its admission requires consensus among alliance members, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in an interview with Radio Liberty, APA reports.
According to him, there is currently no such consensus among the members of the North Atlantic Alliance, and it is unlikely to emerge in the near future.
Rutte emphasized that one of the most important elements of a possible ceasefire or peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine must be guarantees that Russia will not attack Ukraine again in the future.
The Secretary General did not specify what form such security guarantees might take but said that these guarantees must make it economically and politically disadvantageous for Russia to attack Ukraine again.
“It is important that once a peace agreement on Ukraine is reached, Russia does not attempt such an action again. It will not do so — if it knows that, should it try to attack Ukraine again, the consequences will be devastating for it, whether after a long-term ceasefire or after the signing of a peace treaty,” he said.
“We must ensure that Putin understands: he will never be able to do this again,” Rutte added.
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