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    US and Germany resists pressure to endorse Ukraine's Nato bid (EH????) Archived Message

    Posted by scrabb on July 9, 2023, 9:22 pm


    Can someone explain this to me? I thought the US was gung-ho for Ukraine to in Nato. Don't get it.

    Financial Times:
    The US and Germany are under intense pressure from other allies to show greater support for Ukraine’s eventual membership of Nato, just days before the military alliance’s leaders meet in Lithuania.

    Washington and Berlin have backed a form of words for the summit’s concluding statement that does not fully endorse a “pathway” to Nato membership, let alone invite Kyiv to join once the war is over — as demanded by Ukraine’s staunchest supporters in eastern Europe.

    Other members of the alliance were caught off-guard by the “conservative” US and German stance, officials briefed on the talks told the Financial Times.

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