2023-07-14 08:48:29
2023-07-14 16:48 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang/Real-time report US President Biden (right) and Ukrainian President Zelensky were photographed on the 12th.Associated Press
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky challenged allied leaders over Ukraine’s slow pace of accession in a confrontational tweet ahead of the NATO summit in Vilnius. The Washington Post on the 13th quoted six people familiar with the matter as saying that this move made the White House so angry that US officials involved in the process considered curtailing the “invitation” for Kiev to join.
According to previous news, the NATO Leaders Summit reiterated its assistance to Ukraine, but stated that “when the allies agree and the conditions are met, we will be able to invite Ukraine to join the alliance.” Willing to promise to accept Ukraine, but not willing to provide an expected timetable for joining, and it does not appear that NATO has enough willingness to integrate Ukraine into the alliance.
Zelensky tweeted, “Neither the invitation nor the timetable for Ukraine’s joining is unprecedented and absurd. At the same time, even for the invitation to Ukraine, vague wording about ‘conditions’ was added.”
The Washington Post exclusively reported that Zelensky’s public condemnation of NATO stunned those gathered at the summit. The tweet left the U.S. delegation “furious,” according to an official familiar with the matter. As ambassadors, ministers and other top policymakers held informal talks about how NATO should respond, U.S. officials raised the possibility of reconsidering or deleting the passage that Zelensky objected so strongly.
A U.S. official familiar with the matter acknowledged that the revised statement had been considered and said the Biden administration was sensitive to Zelensky’s concerns and hoped they might be addressed in some way. However, three other top policymakers, two of whom were directly involved in the talks, noted their strong belief that the U.S. was preparing to tone down language in the document that would make it appear less welcoming for Ukraine’s swift entry into NATO.
“Some people want to withdraw the reference to ‘invitation'” or find another place to put the word,” said a NATO diplomat who participated in the talks and one of the top policymakers interviewed. Another senior NATO diplomat involved in the frantic negotiations said that while “several people” supported removing language that upset Zelensky, the U.S. delegation was “not particularly interested in removing the invitation from the declaration.” promise”.
There was a consensus that revising the document would delay its release, the report said, adding that “ultimately, those most concerned with Ukraine’s response concluded that it would be better to stick with the text as it was drafted.” “It sends a very clear and strong message, both to Ukraine and to Russia,” the person said. The United States and its allies finally agreed to retain the wording of the declaration that was finally presented at the summit on the 11th. Neither the White House nor a spokesman for the Ukrainian president responded to requests for comment.
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