
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for security guarantees for his country upon his arrival at the NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday.
He wanted to discuss and fight for security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to NATO membership, he said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Tuesday that the G7 group of leading democracies which included France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the United States, Britain and Germany.
It is working on long-term security commitments to Ukraine.
Security guarantees are one of three priorities to be addressed at the summit, along with additional weapons for Ukraine and the country’s path to NATO, Zelensky said.
“We want to be on the same page with everybody,’’ he said.
He added that he expected Ukraine to be invited to join NATO when security measures would allow it.
NATO leaders in Vilnius refrained from offering Ukraine a timetable for joining the alliance