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Zelensky: 'NATO doesn't want to admit us'

President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken about the position on the issues of the future Treaty on Security Assurances and NAT in an interview with Fox News, Report informs.

The head of state noted that the question is when it will end. "That is a deep question. It’s a painful question. Besides victory, the Ukrainian people will not accept any outcome," he said.

Asked what the president is "willing to agree to" in order to secure a peace deal and specifically brought up the possibility of ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia, Zelensky said, "we do not trade our territory."

"The question of territorial integrity and sovereignty is out of discussion," he said.

Zelenskyy said that his country is looking for commitments from "leading nations" that Ukraine’s security will be protected with a treaty if it is to agree to a deescalation with Russia and reiterated his belief that Ukraine would be a beneficial addition to NATO.

"It’s hard for us to talk about NATO because NATO doesn't want to admit us," Zelensky said. "I think it's a mistake because if we join NATO, we make NATO much stronger," he said.

The Ukrainian president added that he has spoken with President Biden and told him he would like to see the United States included in a security agreement that would provide long-term support for Ukraine to address the possibility Russia would to invade again in the future. Zelensky said that the United States is "considering this proposition."

https://report.az/en/region/zelensky-nato-doesn-t-want-to-admit-us/