A gathering of the alleged Contact Group on Defence of Ukraine was held at the NATO office in Brussels on Wednesday. The fresh Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth reported that Ukraine's NATO membership is “unreal‘. The administration of president Donald Trump of the United States does not foresee this issue as part of a possible peace plan.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish commented on this message by the U.S. Secretary of Defense. “ Ukraine has not received an invitation to NATO so far, and I think that after the U.S. Party’s message of this invitation it will not be,” said the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
He added that since there is no consent of the largest country in NATO, there is no “what to do with hope”. He besides pointed out that Ukraine's NATO membership had previously been opposed by another States of the Alliance. “ Therefore, I think it is good that this message was made by the United States due to the fact that the situation is clear now,” he said.
US troops in Europe. Kosiniak-Kamish: Americans are not going anywhere
When asked by journalists about safety issues in Europe after changing power in the US, he stressed that US troops would stay in Europe. “The Americans are not going anywhere from Europe,” he said.
The Minister stressed that all NATO states must bear adequate defence spending. “If it is real for Poland, why should it be unrealistic for another countries?” Kosiniak-Kamish asked rhetorically, speaking about expenditures in relation to GDP.
