By Natali Moss
"The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic result of the negotiation settlement," he said. According to the Pentagon head, any security guarantees proposed by Kiev should be supported by European and non-European troops. " However, he noted that the deployment of the US army is not discussed in Ukraine. Hegset called "unrealistic purpose".
Within a few hours, US President Donald Trump announced that according to a telephone conversation he had agreed with Russian leader Vladimir Putin "very closely" to cooperate and "immediately" to start peace talks. Later on the same day, he confirmed that he agreed with the Minister of Defense and did not consider Ukraine's accession to NATO "practical". "I think long before President Putin, they said they would not allow it. It has been going on for many, many years.
They have said it for a long time so that Ukraine does not join NATO and I resigned out," Trump said . At the end of his speech, Hegset assured that the United States "remained loyal to the Alliance" and a defense partnership with Europe. "But the United States will no longer endure an unbalanced relationship that encourage addiction," he added.
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