He announced this during a speech at the Munich Security Conference.
"The problem is that Ukraine's membership in NATO is not on the agenda, will not happen in the foreseeable future," RIA Novosti quoted Scholz as saying.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Ukrainian media, said that Kiev should receive a system of guarantees that is not inferior to that offered by NATO countries, as the process of joining the alliance is being delayed.