A defensive plan to confront Russia.. and there is no timetable for the annexation of Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO leaders presented during their summit in Vilnius on Tuesday a comprehensive defense plan to confront Russia, indicating that the NATO leaders did not set a timetable. to join Ukraine.

Stoltenberg confirmed that NATO leaders agreed to invite Ukraine to join the bloc when “conditions are met.” “We also made it clear that we will invite Ukraine to join NATO when the allies agree and conditions are met,” he told reporters after the talks.

Also, he said, “We reaffirmed during the Vilnius summit that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance.”

“The alliance is open to the members, and they decide expand its membership Not Moscow.”

Earlier today, Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov threatened to take “appropriate and proactive” measures in response to the possibility of Sweden and Ukraine joining NATO.

In his speech, which coincides with the first day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lavrov told Al-Arabiya / Al-Hadath during the press conference with his Omani counterpart, that Russia will protect its “legitimate security interests.”

He also continued, “We will take sufficient steps, and I can assure you that they are proactive.”

It is noteworthy that the leaders of the alliance started, today, a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, which will continue until tomorrow, in order to send a message of support to Ukraine, which continues a difficult counterattack against Moscow and is awaiting commitments regarding future membership in the alliance.