NATO leaders will not issue an invitation for Ukraine to join the alliance at a summit in Vilnius in mid-July, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on June 19. "At the Vilnius summit and in the preparations for the summit, we are not discussing to issue a formal invitation," he told reporters after meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, adding leaders would talk about how to move Ukraine closer to NATO. At the same time, Stoltenberg warned against accepting a frozen conflict in Ukraine in return for an end to the war. To see the original story by Reuters, click here.
NATO Summit Will Not Formally Invite Ukraine To Join Alliance, Stoltenberg Says
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a statement on the day of a NATO defense ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on June 15.