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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday that he had told Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha that there was no opportunity for Ukraine to join NATO and that the majority of NATO members speak against Ukraine's accession to the alliance behind closed doors. On October 3, NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte made an unannounced visit to Kiev. During his visit, Rutte said that "Ukraine is closer to NATO than ever before," and promised to continue working on this until the country becomes a member of the alliance.
Rutte added that he looked forward to the day when Ukraine joins NATO, but did not give any exact date. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that NATO’s expansion to include Ukraine would create a direct national security threat to Russia, and that Moscow considers the non-aligned status of Ukraine to be extremely important to put an end to the Ukraine conflict..
