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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has publicly stated that several key countries in the Alliance are blocking Ukraine's membership process in the North Atlantic organization. He named Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and the United States among these countries.
Speaking at an event at the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington, Rutte stressed that, although the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington agreed on an "irreversible path" for Ukraine towards the Alliance, there is currently no political consensus to take this step.
“I don’t believe that this is on the table right now. I don’t think that Ukraine’s membership in NATO can be politically realized anytime soon. I don’t think we will be able to collectively resolve this issue in the short term ,” he said bluntly.
Rutte noted that member states have different positions on the pace of NATO expansion. However, he stressed that the Alliance continues to strongly support Ukraine militarily and that alternative security guarantees are being worked on, because full membership does not seem possible in the near future.
Despite this, NATO has already integrated Ukraine's military experience into its own defense plans.
This statement by Rutte reflects the current reality within the Alliance: division between countries that want rapid expansion and those that prefer caution and security guarantees without immediate membership.
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