Experts: NATO needs to deepen cooperation with Ukraine
American Heritage Foundation experts called on the leadership of NATO to deepen cooperation with Ukraine.
“The upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw represents an opportunity to provide a real and substantial support for Ukraine,” Luke Coffey and Daniel Kochis of the Heritage Foundation wrote.
According to experts, the fact that Ukraine will not become a NATO member in the near future shouldn't mean the isolation of the country.
“It's in the interests of NATO to help Ukraine to withstand Russian aggression,” experts say, reiterating that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has already lasted for 28 months.
“I think that Ukraine has a right to think about the future as a part of NATO and do everything to realize its aspirations. How quickly this could happen depends only on the events in Ukraine,” the former diplomat and Harvard University professor, Nicholas Burns, said, adding that the Alliance leadership must send a clear signal to Moscow that Russia does not have veto rights in deciding who can join NATO.