Ukraine’s foreign minister: Germany and France made a “strategic mistake” by not allowing Ukraine to join NATO

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gives a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on April 7. (François Walschaerts/AFP/Getty Images) (Photo by François WALSCHAERTS / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Sunday it was a “strategic mistake” by Germany and France to not allow Ukraine to join NATO in 2008.

“If we were a member of NATO, this war wouldn’t take place,” Kuleba said in a Sunday morning interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“The strategic mistake that was made in 2008 by Germany and France who rejected the efforts of the United States and other allies to bring Ukraine in, is something that we are paying for,” Kuleba said.

“It’s not Germany or France that are paying the cost for this mistake, it’s Ukraine,” he added.