“Until now, according to my information, there is no consensus in the North Atlantic Alliance, and for such a decision, a consensus is needed to accept one of these countries or even both of these countries into the alliance,” RIA Novosti quotes Ischinger.
Earlier, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, the head of the Christian Social Union, Markus Söder, said that the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO would not be on the agenda for a long time.
US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said that this will require deep and comprehensive reforms of the entire Ukrainian system, economy, free and independent judiciary and the fight against corruption.