Ukraine deserves to have NATO membership, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia said it was closely watching.
Zelensky spent this week visiting NATO countries, courting support ahead of a NATO summit in Lithuania next week where members are expected to reaffirm that Ukraine will eventually join.Zelensky said he was “happy to hear” that Turkey supports Ukraine’s bid to join during a joint press conference.
Some allies, particularly those in Eastern Europe who are located closer to Ukraine and Russia, have advocated for a more concrete path for Kyiv to join the defensive alliance once the war ends. He helped broker the Black Sea grain deal that unlocked millions of tons of wheat caught up in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, averting a global hunger crisis.
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