On the first day of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, he discussed the faith of Ukraine and more steps to becoming a member on July 11 2023.
Ukraine has been yearning to become a member of the organization for the past few years. Still, it has never been closer like now, shortly after Turkey joined the Baltic nations insisting that Ukraine should become part of NATO.
According to sources, The summit in Lithuania will also host the Ukrainian President as a guest leading his country to join the organization on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
Furthermore, the update shared on social media stated that It should also be taken into consideration that the military alliance was fast-growing shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with the assertion of Finland into the organization.
As per the reports, Sweden is still pending, and tomorrow, the faith of becoming a full member will be decided after Turkey also agrees to rectify its membership.
At the same time, the summit will also host other Asia-Pacific nations, such as Australia, Japan and South Korea, who are being expected as the guests, and their proposal at the meeting still needs to be completely open to the public officially.
Additionally, on the first day of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Turkey agreed to allow Sweden to join the NATO alliance to set the stage for the allies to showcase their unity at a summit focused on securing support for Ukraine’s battle against Russia’s invasion on Monday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s coalition on Sweden’s membership recommendation had cast a cloud over preparations for Tuesday’s meeting. Still, only Sweden and Turkey ironed out their differences in eleventh-hour talks.