Ukraine's integration with NATO continues at working level – Zelensky

He said this during his address to participants of the annual meeting of the heads of Ukraine's foreign diplomatic missions, titled "From the Power of Diplomacy to the Diplomacy of Power," according to Ukrinform.

"NATO remains the strongest and potentially most effective security architecture in Europe and likely in the world. Undoubtedly for all, and we are fully aware of that. At the working level, our integration with NATO continues, and we must also take every available step at the political level. I ask you to continue conveying this position in your engagement with partners – it is NATO that is the guarantee of peace in Europe, the most cost-effective – it's a fact – the most cost-effective and the most efficient guarantee," Zelensky said.

He added that Russia talks a lot about NATO's advance, but it is precisely where NATO has advanced that decades of peace have taken hold, while in places where NATO is slow to act, peace is often scarce.

In April, U.S. President Donald Trump told Time magazine he did not believe Ukraine would ever join the North Atlantic Alliance.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine