We agreed that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance. Such a statement made the NATO Secretary General.

“There are consultations going on now and I think I will make those consultations more difficult if I go into the different elements or preempt the conclusions, but what I can say is that allies actually agree on a lot when it comes to Ukraine"s membership in NATO.

First of all, we agree that NATO store is open and that has been demonstrated by the fact that we just lost at the last Summit invited both Finland and Sweden to become full members.

We also agreed that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance. That has been stated again and again by NATO Allies.

And thirdly, we all agreed that it is for Ukraine and the NATO Allies to decide when the time is right for Ukraine to become a member of the Alliance. But perhaps most importantly, we agree that the most urgent task now is to ensure that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign independent nation because unless Ukraine prevails and can continue as a democratic state in Europe, there is no membership issue to be discussed at all”, - said Jens Stoltenberg.