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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Nato allies back fast-track membership for Ukraine, says Cleverly

Ukraine's prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, left, shakes hands with Britain’s foreign secretary, James Cleverly,  on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery conference in London
Ukraine's prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, left, and Britain’s foreign secretary, James Cleverly, greet each other at the Ukraine Recovery conference. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has said all Nato allies are backing a plan to give Ukraine a fast track to Nato membership of the kind offered to Sweden and Finland earlier this year.

Speaking on the margins of the two-day Ukraine Recovery conference in London, Cleverly said the UK was “very, very supportive” of Ukraine being able to join Nato without the usual need for it to meet the conditions set out in a Nato membership action plan (Map).

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