>**Czech President Petr Pavel said that Ukraine’s accession to NATO should not hinge on regaining full control over its entire territory, including regions occupied by Russia.**
>Pavel was speaking to Czech news website Novinky in an interview published on August 19.
>During the July NATO summit in Washington, the Ukraine Compact—a security framework endorsed by 32 allies—was launched, reaffirming Ukraine’s “irreversible” path toward NATO membership.
>However, Ukraine did not receive any definitive information about when it might join the alliance.
>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has consistently urged NATO partners to extend a membership invitation to Kyiv, while also stating that Ukraine will only join NATO after Russia’s full-scale invasion concludes.
>Pavel suggested that Ukraine and Russia might reach an agreement “in the coming years.” However, he emphasized that the West should consider such territories as “temporarily occupied.”
>In March, Pavel asserted that Russia “has no right” to dictate the terms of peace in Ukraine. He also predicted that the conflict would likely end with either a decisive military victory or both sides becoming too exhausted to continue fighting.
>“I don’t think that the full regaining of control over the entire territory is a necessary condition” for joining NATO, Pavel told Novinky.
>“If there is a demarcation, even of some administrative border, we can accept this administrative border as a temporary one and accept Ukraine into NATO on the territory it will control at that time,” he said.
>Pavel drew a parallel to West Germany, which joined NATO in 1955 despite East Germany being under the sway of the Soviet Union until 1990.
>“Therefore, I think there is a solution, both technical and legal, to allow Ukraine to join NATO without dragging NATO into a conflict with the Russian Federation,” Pavel added.
>In December, Zelenskyy dismissed the idea of only part of Ukraine joining NATO as “nonsense,” warning that this could pose risks to the country.
>Source: Kyiv Independent
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Kinda validating to see my ideas from years ago finally enter the mainstream tbh
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>**Czech President Petr Pavel said that Ukraine’s accession to NATO should not hinge on regaining full control over its entire territory, including regions occupied by Russia.**
>Pavel was speaking to Czech news website Novinky in an interview published on August 19.
>During the July NATO summit in Washington, the Ukraine Compact—a security framework endorsed by 32 allies—was launched, reaffirming Ukraine’s “irreversible” path toward NATO membership.
>However, Ukraine did not receive any definitive information about when it might join the alliance.
>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has consistently urged NATO partners to extend a membership invitation to Kyiv, while also stating that Ukraine will only join NATO after Russia’s full-scale invasion concludes.
>Pavel suggested that Ukraine and Russia might reach an agreement “in the coming years.” However, he emphasized that the West should consider such territories as “temporarily occupied.”
>In March, Pavel asserted that Russia “has no right” to dictate the terms of peace in Ukraine. He also predicted that the conflict would likely end with either a decisive military victory or both sides becoming too exhausted to continue fighting.
>“I don’t think that the full regaining of control over the entire territory is a necessary condition” for joining NATO, Pavel told Novinky.
>“If there is a demarcation, even of some administrative border, we can accept this administrative border as a temporary one and accept Ukraine into NATO on the territory it will control at that time,” he said.
>Pavel drew a parallel to West Germany, which joined NATO in 1955 despite East Germany being under the sway of the Soviet Union until 1990.
>“Therefore, I think there is a solution, both technical and legal, to allow Ukraine to join NATO without dragging NATO into a conflict with the Russian Federation,” Pavel added.
>In December, Zelenskyy dismissed the idea of only part of Ukraine joining NATO as “nonsense,” warning that this could pose risks to the country.
>Source: Kyiv Independent
Kinda validating to see my ideas from years ago finally enter the mainstream tbh
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