{"id":47093,"date":"2023-06-01T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/zelensky-eu-nato-membership-key-for-countries-near-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"zelensky-eu-nato-membership-key-for-countries-near-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47093\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky: EU, NATO membership key for countries near Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>June 1, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that joining the European Union and NATO is the only way for countries bordering Russia to protect themselves from aggression.<\/p>\n<p> Speaking at a summit of European political leaders in Moldova, Zelensky said: \u201cThere are only two alternatives to this: either an open war or creeping Russian occupation. We see what is happening in Belarus. We see what is happening in Georgia. We see how these nations are being dragged, although in different ways, into the same state of lawlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Zelensky urged both blocs to speed up Ukraine\u2019s integration and offer a clear invitation to membership. He said he hoped NATO will make a decision at its next summit in Lithuania this summer and the EU will do the same in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA positive decision for Ukraine will be positive for everyone,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the context of security, it is obviously very important for Moldova, in the long run for Georgia, and I have no doubt that eventually for Belarus as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1, BPN. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that joining the European Union and NATO is the only way for countries bordering Russia to protect themselves from aggression. Speaking at a summit of European political leaders in Moldova, Zelensky said: \u201cThere are only two alternatives to this: either an open war or creeping Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47093","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zelensky: EU, NATO membership key for countries near Russia | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 1, BPN. 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