Why was the dream of Ukraine joining NATO and the Union not realized in 1402?

Mehr News, International Group: Ukraine after the start of its war with Russia, especially during 1402 has had a significant insistence to join NATO. While the leaders of Western countries have repeatedly announced that until the end of the war, it is not possible for Ukraine to join this 30-member coalition.

Of course, Ukraine’s efforts to join NATO are not a new issue. For years, Ukraine has been oscillating between joining and not joining NATO. “Viktor Yushchenko,” the former president of this country, wanted to join NATO, but after Russia’s attack on Georgia, Ukrainians became reluctant to follow this policy.

Yushchenko’s successor, Viktor Yanukovych, abandoned any desire for membership and promoted closer ties with Russia. It even agreed that Moscow would continue to lease a Black Sea seaport in Crimea.

During the Barack Obama administration, US officials encouraged Ukraine to sign a formal agreement with the European Union instead of trying to join NATO. But Putin pressured Yanukovych to reject the deal, which led to the Euromaidan protests in 2013 and eventually ousted Yanukovych.

After Zelenskiy came to power, Ukraine seriously pursued EU membership; A policy that ultimately led to Russia’s military attack on this country.

At the same time as Zelensky’s diplomatic efforts to join NATO during these two years of war, we have always seen repeated threats from Kremlin officials who have warned about the consequences of joining.

July 1402 “Dmitry Peskov”, the spokesman of the Russian presidency, stating that Ukraine’s joining NATO has very negative consequences for the security structure of Europe, said: “You are from a fully capable position. Russia’s understanding and determination are aware that Ukraine’s membership in NATO will have very negative consequences for the entire half-destroyed security structure of Europe and will be an absolute danger and threat to Russia.

At the end of November, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova responded to the statements of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary General of NATO, about the membership of a part of Ukraine in a press conference. This coalition stated: We have repeatedly explained our position regarding Ukraine joining NATO. Ukraine’s accession to the NATO bloc is unacceptable for Russia in any way.

Why does the Union oppose Ukraine joining NATO

Last year, NATO opened its arms to two Scandinavian countries, Finland and Sweden, and finally Finland became a member of this organization. It is very likely that in 1403, Sweden will also join NATO, but NATO’s doors remained closed to Ukraine.

NATO has an open door policy in the sense that any country can be invited to join it if it expresses interest, as long as it is able and willing to follow the principles of this defend the union. However, under the accession rules, any member state can veto the membership application of a country that does not meet the standards required to join the alliance; Finland and Sweden’s confrontation with Turkey’s veto in 1402 was an example of this process.

According to NATO’s website, these standards include the ability to demonstrate a “functioning democratic political system based on a market economy” and “fair treatment of minority populations”, along with Another one is that it is not possible for him to fulfill all these conditions considering that Ukraine is at war.

Ukraine’s membership also raises questions about NATO’s most important aspect, “guaranteeing the security of the alliance.” According to Article 5 of the Treaty, NATO members accept the assumption that an attack on one is an attack on all. A nation under attack can invoke the clause and, in theory, force the rest of the alliance to come to their aid.

Given that Ukraine is currently at war, accepting its membership would force NATO against Russia, and no one in the alliance wants that to happen. to fall Some because they fear that the escalation of tension will start a world war, and others because they still have limited relations with Russia.

As ​​long as the Russia-Ukraine war continues, Ukraine’s accession to NATO could mean NATO’s direct entry into the war with Russia. Even after the end of this war, Kyiv joining NATO is not safe, especially in the sense that the territorial disputes between Ukraine and Russia will probably remain for years and may lead to border skirmishes between them from time to time.

These events can easily become a reason for NATO’s entry into the conflicts between Kiev and Moscow, or, if there is no intervention, question NATO’s credibility as a military alliance. .

Ukraine behind the closed doors of the EU with the Hungarian dam

In 1402, not only Ukraine’s dream of joining NATO did not come true, but the country did not even get permission to join the 27-member European Union; An issue that was not unrelated to Hungary’s serious objections.

In November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called the negotiations with Ukraine to join the European Union a mistake and said that Kiev is several light years away from joining the European Union. has it. Orban stated: “Our duty is to correct Brussels’ wrong promise to start talks with Ukraine for EU membership.”

Orban also threatened to block the European Union’s plan to provide Ukraine with a four-year 50 billion euro (about $53 million) aid package. During a speech on Ukraine, he said that the European Union’s war strategy had failed and he saw no reason for Hungary to send taxpayers’ money to support the war-torn country of Ukraine.

Hungarian officials openly opposed not only Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, but also Kiev’s accession to NATO. In December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country, Peter Siarto, announced that this collective agreement is still ongoing between NATO countries, that it is impossible for Ukraine to join this alliance at the moment, but it may be possible in the future if the conditions and agreement of the allies are met.

From the point of view of the observers, two reasons can be put forward in relation to why Hungary opposes Ukraine’s membership in NATO and the European Union;

First, Budapest is in a long fight with the European Union over violations of the rule of law and human rights standards in this country. This has led to the non-payment of billions of euros from the EU budget to this country. For this reason, Hungary uses its vote for Ukraine to join NATO and the Union as a pressure lever to reduce the pressures of the European Union and receive the Union’s budget.

The second reason goes back to the dispute between the government of Ukraine and Hungary over the Hungarian minority living in Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban also criticized Ukraine a few months ago for what he said was a violation of the rights of Hungarians in western Ukraine and told the Hungarian parliament that his government would not take any action until the rights of minorities in Ukraine were restored. International will not support this country.