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Ukraine's membership amid war ‘not on agenda,' says NATO chief

Update: 11:12, 25 May 2023

Ukraine's NATO membership in the middle of the war is "not on the agenda," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.

Stoltenberg's remarks came during the annual Brussels Forum organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

He recalled last year's commitment in Madrid that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance, adding that the decision was first made in 2008.

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