No Consensus Yet on Ukraine’s NATO Membership, Rutte Announces After Talks

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said there is still no consensus among NATO member states over Ukraine’s potential accession, underscoring ongoing divisions inside the alliance as the war with Russia continues.

Rutte, who is set to become NATO’s next secretary general, emphasized that discussions are ongoing but that agreement on Ukraine’s membership timeline remains distant. Kyiv has repeatedly pressed for clearer security guarantees, arguing that NATO entry is essential for long-term stability and deterrence.

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00:00I would like to come back to the peace negotiations because you said that

00:09turn into Ukraine we all recognize that our security is deeply linked and we are

00:16all working to bring the war against Ukraine to an end with a just and lasting

00:20peace we welcome the ongoing efforts led by the United States to make this a

00:27reality and I'm confident that these sustained efforts will eventually

00:32restore peace in Europe or throw in the very center Interfax Ukraine well when

00:39it comes to the NATO elements obviously when it comes to NATO elements of a deal

00:44to end the war against Ukraine and that will be dealt this separately and that

00:49obviously will include NATO absence of US Secretary of State Rubio tomorrow a

00:54sign for the relevance of NATO and that Marco Rubio is very much involved of

00:59course in all of this when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine you've seen

01:03him chairing the meetings in Geneva and in Miami I've been and the teams are in

01:08constant contact I personally am in constant contact with him so he's

01:12working extremely hard having to take care not only of the situation in

01:16Ukraine but of course many other issues which are on his plate so I totally

01:20accept him not being able to be here tomorrow and I would not read anything in it we will have

01:26Deputy Secretary Chris Landau here with I'm very happy he is here so I think

01:31that's all covered thank you Andrew Gray from Reuters Secretary-General does

01:35NATO stand by its declaration in Bucharest in 2008 that Ukraine will become a

01:41member of NATO Ukraine clearly applied for membership but we also know as I said and

01:46this is a practical a statement of practicality and a statement of facts that

01:50there is no unanimity within the Alliance about Ukraine coming in the Alliance

01:56that's one of the reasons when when it comes to a future peace deal we are

01:59discussing how if not NATO membership how we can make sure that Nate that Ukraine

02:04is is protected in a way by itself but also with help from others so that the

02:10Russians will not try again as Mr. Witko right now is in Moscow and negotiation

02:15regarding NATO member countries will have to secure the deal and NATO cannot do

02:21anything because it's excluded well first of all let's let's hope that we get to a

02:25point where there is a peace deal and at the moment it is the Americans very much

02:29pushing for that and and I commend them and we are closely coordinating with the

02:33Americans and we're being helpful wherever we can as NATO to get that peace

02:38deal done and of course they are as you know closely in discussions with

02:43Ukrainians our discussions today with Russians but again the 28 point plan has

02:49moved on that's clear and I can assure you when it comes to all aspects of a

02:53potential future peace deal on Ukraine we are closely coordinating with the

02:59Americans you mentioned that anything pertaining to NATO and the negotiations

03:03will be dealt with separately okay thank you very much we'll see you tomorrow

03:08looking forward to that thank you

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