Reuters. NATO allies should agree to remove the requirement of a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine to become a member of the alliance in the future, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday (July 11).
NATO leaders gather for a summit in Vilnius on Tuesday seeking to overcome divisions on Ukraine's membership bid after a deal to lift Turkey's block on Sweden joining the military alliance. The summit in the Lithuanian capital will be dominated by the repercussions of war in Ukraine, with leaders set to approve NATO's first comprehensive plans since the end of the Cold War to defend against any alleged attack from Moscow.
