President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, said that Kiev should receive a system of guarantees that is not inferior to that offered by NATO countries. He attributed this to the delay in the process of Ukraine’s entry into the alliance.
“NATO is, in fact, the only one of the existing security alliances today that Ukraine could join. There is an open door position for us there. But there is a long distance on this path – years and months, especially if there is an escalation. Passing this path, we must obtain a system of guarantees. And at least theoretically, it should not be inferior to the system that is being offered to NATO countries,” the president said.
He stressed that “this is the only alternative to the current situation, when we protect ourselves.”
One of the key principles of the NATO collective security system fixed in article five of the alliance treaty. It states that an attack on one of the NATO members will be considered as an attack on all NATO members.
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