Mr Biden added that Ukraine was “not ready” for Nato membership, and that it was “going to take a while”. Under Nato’s alliance’s Article 5 clause, any member state attacked by an outside aggressor has the right to request military intervention from the rest of the allies.Īppearing to echo German concerns Joe Biden said he wanted to avoid a situation where “we’re all in the war, we’re in a war with Russia.” “Berlin doesn’t want to see Vladimir Putin potentially test Article 5.” “It wants a process and time to develop guarantees to essentially block membership.” “Berlin is stand-offish at the prospect of offering immediate membership,” the source told The Telegraph. Germany is set to insist on delaying Ukraine’s accession to Nato over fears the move could take the alliance to war with Russia.Īn alliance source said Berlin would use the annual Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania this week to urge others to focus on security assurances, rather than membership proposals, to help Ukraine defend itself in the absence of accession.
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