Bundestag official calls for opening way to NATO for Ukraine

Michael Roth, Chairman of the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs, has voiced support for Ukraine's membership in NATO on the eve of a possible visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Germany. Source: European Pravda, citing German news agency DW Quote: "The next NATO summit in Vilnius in July should send a clear signal about what Ukraine's path to credible security guarantees for NATO membership might look like," said Roth, a member of Germany's ruling Social Democratic Party.

"Our goal must be to ensure that Russia never again threatens or challenges Ukraine's security, independence and territorial integrity," Roth added.

Details: Roth stated that a "realistic and honest roadmap" is also needed for Kyiv's EU membership, "which is linked to concrete reform steps as well as incentives such as early access to the EU's internal market". Negotiations on this should "begin no later than the beginning of 2024", said the chairman of the Bundestag's international affairs committee. Jurgen Gardt, a foreign policy expert of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), takes a similar position.

In his opinion, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should clearly advocate "Ukraine's full membership in the North Atlantic Alliance in the future".

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