According to Mezujo, O'Brien "said what has long been known."
“Moreover, it is known not only among Western diplomats, politicians, officials of the North Atlantic Alliance, but also among the Ukrainian political elite, which in words advocates North Atlantic integration, but actually understands that no one expects Ukraine to join NATO ... Optional accept Ukraine into its ranks, to use its territory to deploy its military bases, to train its military instructors, or to deploy various weapons on its territory, ”the political scientist said.
According to him, Ukraine should ask how appropriate it is in this context to join the North Atlantic Alliance.
“The current Ukrainian government, like the previous one, declares the course of Ukraine’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance, and O'Brien’s statement pushes the soil out of them, because then the obvious question is: why knock there where they are not waiting for you?” The expert added.
As O'Brien said earlier, the West does not believe that at present it would be appropriate to include Ukraine in NATO, especially the Western countries do not want to enter into conflict with Russia.
He also added that the very idea of NATO, in principle, was to avoid a war with Russia.