International Luxembourg's Foreign Minister warns against Ukraine joining Nato

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3.12.2024 - 17:16

ARCHIVE - Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
ARCHIVE - Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
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Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel considers it dangerous for Ukraine to join NATO. "I believe that Nato membership will bring tension again," said Bettel at the Nato Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels. Membership of the country attacked by Russia could immediately lead to further conflicts. He was more in favor of EU membership.

Prior to the meeting, Ukraine had made it clear that it sees NATO membership as the only real security guarantee in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. No alternatives, no imitation and no substitute for full Nato membership for Ukraine would be accepted," said a statement from the foreign ministry in Kiev.

The country can only be admitted to the defense alliance if all of the current 32 member states agree.

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