NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Ukraine for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than a year ago, an alliance official said Thursday.
“The NATO secretary-general is in Ukraine. We will release more information as soon as possible,” said an alliance official, who asked not to be identified in line with NATO procedures.
Apart from the important symbolism of the visit, the exact purpose of Stoltenberg's trip wasn't immediately clear. NATO has no official presence in Ukraine. As an organization of 31 countries, it only provides nonlethal support - generators, medical equipment, tents, military uniforms and other supplies - to the government in Kyiv.
Stoltenberg had been to Kyiv before the war, but this is his first visit during the hostilities and underscores the longstanding commitments of the alliance in defense of Ukraine's independence. The Nordic country's membership doubles Russia's border with the world's biggest security alliance. Neighboring Sweden is expected to join in coming months too, possibly by the time U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on July 11-12.
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