NATO membership is not a necessity: Biden outlines his vision of peace guarantees for Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden sees peace in Ukraine as a guarantee that Russia cannot occupy our country. To this end, he believes that NATO membership is not necessary.

The American leader shared his thoughts in an interview with Time. He emphasized the need to provide Kyiv with weapons. As for our joining the North Atlantic Alliance, Biden seems to be more against than for it.

"Peace looks like a guarantee that Russia will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever occupy Ukraine. That's what peace looks like. And it does not mean NATO. It means that we have the same relationship with them as we do with other countries where we supply weapons so that they can defend themselves in the future," the US president said.

He reminded that he did not support the "NATOization" of Ukraine. He said that when he was a senator and was on a month-long visit to our country, "there was significant corruption, it was a circumstance that really weighed on everything."

At the same time, Biden does not believe that NATO is on a "slippery slope" to war with Russia by helping Ukraine. On the contrary, the Alliance will be on this path "if it does nothing for Ukraine," the US President emphasized.

As previously reported by OBOZ.UA:

– On May 31, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken assured that at the NATO summit in Washington, "we will see a powerful package of support for Ukraine. It will contribute to our Euro-Atlantic integration.

– North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the allies had made progress in three areas of support for Kyiv during their meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. These are better coordination of NATO in terms of arms supplies and training, determining multi-year financial assistance, and Euro-Atlantic integration.

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