No third country has the right to veto Ukraine’s ambitions to join NATO, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a news conference during a visit to Kyiv when asked about Russia’s objections to Ukraine’s accession to the military alliance.
Austin stated that “no third country has the right to veto decisions on NATO membership. Ukraine, as you have heard me say before, has the right to decide on its future foreign policy, and we expect it to be able to do so without any external interference.”
Austin also said that Russia had started the conflict in eastern Ukraine and was an obstacle to its peaceful resolution.
Source: ANA-MPA
