UK Defence Secretary advocates simplified accession to NATO for Ukraine

Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, believes that Ukraine should be able to "skip" the NATO Membership Action Plan on its way to joining the Alliance. Source: Wallace said this at a press conference with his Canadian counterpart in London, reports Sky News, as written by European Pravda Quote: "I think we should absolutely look at skipping the Membership Action Plan," Wallace said.

Details: At the same time, the UK defence secretary admitted that not all issues related to Ukraine's accession to NATO would be quickly resolved.

He also considers it unlikely that all the issues regarding security guarantees for Ukraine will be resolved before the NATO summit in Vilnius, which will be held in July. Background:  Journalists fight on their own frontline. Support Ukrainska Pravda or become our patron!

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