“This has never been discussed at the table, and now it is not,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva said earlier that the country would not take active steps to join NATO.
On June 23, the EU summit agreed on the status of accession candidates for Ukraine and Moldova.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky compared granting the country the status of a candidate for EU membership with conquering the summit of Everest.
He also urged not to underestimate the significance of this event.