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Zelensky says wants ‘invitation’ to join NATO at Vilnius summit

'Ukraine will make NATO stronger', Zelensky says in Vilnius
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said he wanted his country to receive an “invitation” to join NATO after the war during a key summit this month.

“We need a very clear and understandable signal at the Vilnius summit that Ukraine can become an equal member of NATO after the war,” he told reporters in Kyiv alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. “This invitation to the alliance is the first, very practical step, it would be very important for us.”

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