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NATO States Oppose Ukraine's Membership in Alliance Behind Closed Doors: Hungary's Foreign Minister

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On September 30, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister came to Budapest for a working visit. It was the first visit of a Ukrainian foreign minister to Hungary in four and a half years.
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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.
"Last week I told Ukrainian Foreign Minister [Sybiha], who was in Budapest, that I have no idea what he is being told, have no idea, what he is being convinced of, but when we [NATO members] are behind closed doors, the majority share the view I have just expressed," the minister said at a press conference following the meeting of the Hungarian-Serbian Joint Economic Committee.
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.
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