Zelenskyy hopes Biden's team will bring Ukraine's invitation to NATO closer

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Joe Biden's administration has the potential to influence European NATO members who are currently skeptical about welcoming Ukraine join the alliance.

Source: Zelenskyy at a joint press conference with António Costa, President of the European Council, on Sunday 1 December, as reported by European Pravda 

Details: Commenting on the possibility of Ukraine being invited to NATO, Zelenskyy stated that it is dependent on allies, particularly the United States, which is now on the list of sceptics.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "But there is still a German side, there is still a Hungarian side, and therefore only a consolidated signal can be positively perceived by all leaders."

The president stated that the present US administration has two months left in office, and the US "has influence on those few European sceptics about our future" in the Alliance.

"I, for one, see no risks in Ukraine's potential future NATO membership, and neither do most NATO countries. Not even an invitation, but advice to the leaders regarding Ukraine's prospective invitation to NATO", he remarked, referring to the Alliance's foreign ministers' conference on 3-4 December.

Background: 

• Ukraine earlier suggested that NATO invite it to join the military alliance at a meeting next week.
• Previously, it was believed that the US was willing to back Ukraine's invitation to NATO, but when Donald Trump won the election, the Biden administration declined.

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