NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg: Ukraine will join alliance but in ‘long- term’

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that ‘NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance.’ (Reuters)

• But immediate issue is it remains an independent nation in the face of Russia’s invasion

HELSINKI: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance in the “long-term,” but stressed that the immediate issue is it remaining an independent nation in the face of Russia’s invasion.
“NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance, but at the same time that is a long-term perspective,” Stoltenberg told reporters during a visit to Finland’s capital Helsinki.