Zelenskyy Arrives for Dinner With NATO Leaders | VOA News

#Ukraine's president and first lady joined an informal dinner on Tuesday with #NATO and other world leaders.

President Joe #Biden said Tuesday this year’s NATO summit represents a “historic moment,” as the security bloc prepares to enlarge while tackling issues around the grinding war in Ukraine.

“This is a historic moment,” Biden said to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. “Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO is consequential. And your leadership really matters. And we agree on the language that you propose, relative to the future of Ukraine being able to join NATO.”

Stoltenberg said Tuesday he is “absolutely confident” that Turkey’s parliament will admit a new member, Sweden. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president continued to push for his nation’s inclusion in the security alliance – a step that NATO members seem unlikely to take at this high-stakes summit in Lithuania’s capital.

“NATO will give Ukraine security,” tweeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Ukraine will make the alliance stronger

Allies were debating the wording of a final joint text, but there is consensus that Ukraine joining NATO while Russia’s invasion is ongoing is not under consideration.

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