Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly believes that the NATO summit in Ankara sent a signal to Moscow that support for Ukraine will continue, but it failed to provide answers to three key questions regarding the future of the Alliance.
The diplomat expressed this view during the discussion "Ukraine in NATO Coordinates: Strategic Outcomes of the Ankara Summit and Prospects for Cooperation."
"For Ukraine, there were positive signals that we expected from the NATO summit in Ankara. This is a signal to Moscow: for the next two years, you have no chance of forcing us (the North Atlantic Alliance — ed.) to stop supporting Ukraine. There are resources and certain commitments regarding technologies. To understand this, Patriot missiles are not a one-, two-, or three-year matter — this is an investment in the future. However, there is a contract with Germany, which is to supply us with 600 missiles," Chaly said.
At the same time, he said that when assessing the summit from the perspective of strategic expectations, it failed to provide answers to three key questions.
The first is NATO’s transformation from a regional Euro-Atlantic alliance into an organization capable of responding to global threats. According to Chaly, the war has already taken on a global dimension, while NATO is trying to remain a regional organization. However, amid the crisis of the UN and the international security system, the Alliance has a unique opportunity to play a much broader role.
The diplomat identified European nuclear deterrence as the second challenge. According to him, the summit did not provide a clear answer regarding the future of Europe’s "nuclear umbrella."
The third issue that, in Chaly’s view, remains unresolved is the future model of NATO amid the gradual reduction of the U.S. role in European security and the increasing responsibility of European allies.
"We know that this replacement process is happening gradually — in terms of divisions, plans, and even the command structure. This must be taken into account. Ukraine also needs to consider this," the diplomat emphasized.
