Ukraine wants NATO invite before Biden leaves office, envoy says

16/10/2024 16:30

        Ukraine is asking for a NATO membership invitation before Joe Biden leaves the White House, arguing it would be a fitting legacy for the U.S. president, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said.
        
        "Our idea is that giving Ukraine (an) invitation at this moment is a political signal," Nataliia Galibarenko, Kyiv's ambassador to NATO, told Reuters.
        
        "We sincerely believe that it can be part of the legacy of (the) current American administration," she said in an interview at the Ukrainian mission to NATO, opposite the alliance's headquarters in Brussels.
        
        Next month's U.S. presidential election creates major uncertainty for Ukraine as Washington has been Kyiv's biggest provider of military aid for its war against Russia's invasion.
        
        While Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris has signalled continuing support for Ukraine, she has not spelled out the level of that support. Republican ex-President Donald Trump has not been clear about how he would handle the war.