NATO would need to agree conditions for Ukraine invitation, Dutch minister says


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  • Saturday, 19 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO countries will need to discuss conditions for Ukraine to get a membership invitation and to join the alliance in response to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's "victory plan", Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Friday.

Zelenskiy presented the five-point plan publicly for the first time this week, including a call for an immediate NATO invitation to make clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow's invasion would end with geopolitical defeat.

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