It’s not the right time to admit Ukraine to Nato

Biden meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Vilnius last week. — AP

PRESIDENT Joe Biden met in Vilnius, Lithuania, this past week with leaders of other Nato countries to try to shore up an alliance whose importance has been accentuated by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, but which continues to face challenges and lingering internal tensions.

But even as the American president was emphasising the utility of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the need to assist Ukraine as that country presses its counter-offensive, he appropriately exhibited caution about Ukraine joining Nato.