The presidents of nine NATO member countries from Central and Eastern Europe underlined their support for Ukraine’s membership of the Atlantic Alliance in a joint statement issued on Sunday 2 October, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for accelerated membership in response to Russia’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine (see EUROPE B13033A13).
“We strongly support the decision taken in 2008 at the NATO summit in Bucharest concerning Ukraine’s future...