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The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, said on Tuesday she does not expect the alliance to issue a membership invitation to Ukraine at its summit in Washington this coming July.<\/p>\n

“As for the summit this summer, I do not expect the alliance to issue an invitation at this juncture,” Smith said in response to a question on a call with journalists ahead of a NATO defense ministers’ meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n

As it fights Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has made clear its aim is to become a member of the U.S.-led military alliance.<\/p>\n

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NATO is not expected to extend an invitation to this summer’s summit to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/span> (REUTERS\/Yves Herman)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Kyiv and some of its allies inside NATO, particularly in Eastern Europe, have pushed for a membership invitation even as they accept Ukraine could not join NATO while still at war.<\/p>\n

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At a summit in Lithuania last year, NATO leaders said Ukraine’s future was in the alliance but stopped short of issuing an invitation or setting out a timeline for membership.<\/p>\n

“We’ve worked very hard since the Vilnius summit last year to move out on a number of steps to continue to help our friends in Ukraine with the necessary reforms inside their own country to move closer to Euro-Atlantic integration,” Smith said.<\/p>\n

“And we continue to focus first and foremost on supporting them in the current fight and ensuring that they can prevail on the battlefield.”<\/p>\n

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