Ukraine ‘not ready for Nato membership’, says Biden
Ukraine is “not yet ready” to become a member of Nato, the US president, Joe Biden, has said.
Speaking to CNN, he said Nato needed to “lay out a rational path” that Ukraine could follow in order to join the bloc, but added: “Nato is a process that takes some time to meet all the qualifications – from democratisation to a whole range of other issues.”
He also said it would be difficult to get unanimous support for Ukraine’s ascension among the bloc’s existing members while the war is ongoing and that calls for a vote on the issue in the near future were “premature”.
He added that, while Ukraine worked to meet the criteria for membership, the US could provide military aid similar to the support it has long provided to Israel.
The question of whether to offer Nato membership to Ukraine is expected to be high on the agenda when the bloc’s leaders gather for a summit in Lithuanian capital Vilnius this week.
拜登在接受美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）采访时表示，乌克兰“尚未准备好加入北约” 。 北约需要为乌克兰“制定一条合理的道路”以加入该集团，他补充说：“北约是一个需要一些时间才能满足所有条件的过程——从民主化到一系列其他问题。”他还表示，在战争仍在进行的情况下，乌克兰的入盟很难在欧盟现有成员国中获得一致支持，并且在不久的将来就该问题召集投票还“为时过早”。 他补充说，在乌克兰努力满足入盟标准期间，美国可以提供类似于长期以来向以色列提供支持的军事援助。 当北约领导人本周在立陶宛首都维尔纽斯举行峰会时，是否向乌克兰提供北约成员资格问题预计将成为议程的重点。
宾语从句Ukraine is “not yet ready” to become a member of Nato, 主句the US president, Joe Biden, has said.
分词作状语Speaking to CNN, he said Nato needed to “lay out a rational 修饰path” 定语从句=形容词that Ukraine could follow in order to join the bloc, but added: “Nato is a process 定语从句that takes some time to meet all the qualifications – from democratisation to a whole range of other issues.”
He also said 宾语从句=名词it形式主语 would be difficult 不定式主语to 修饰get unanimous support for Ukraine’s ascension among the bloc’s existing members 时间状语从句while the war is ongoing and that calls for a vote on the issue in the near future were “premature”.
He added 宾语从句=名词that, 时间状语从句while Ukraine worked to meet the criteria for membership, the US could 修饰provide military aid similar to the support 定语从句-形容词it has long provided to Israel.
The question of whether to offer Nato membership to Ukraine is 被动expected to be high on the agenda 时间状语从句when the bloc’s leaders gather for a summit in Lithuanian capital Vilnius this week.
