Ukraine invited to Nato summit in The Hague this month
Ukraine has received an invitation to the coming Nato summit in The Hague, Netherlands, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Monday.
'We have been invited to the Nato summit. I think that is important,' Zelensky said.
The invitation was extended during his meeting with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in Vilnius, Lithuania. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has been tasked with preparing the meeting.
Zelensky did not say whether he would travel to the Netherlands himself. The summit of the member states of the Nato military alliance is expected to take place in The Hague in just under three weeks.
Ukraine has been fighting a Russian invasion with Western support for more than three years.
Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining Nato. Preventing Kyiv from joining Nato, which is enshrined in the country's constitution, is one of the Kremlin's main reasons for having launched the assault on its neighbour.
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