NATO seeks to narrow differences over Ukraine membership bid

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meet, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 20, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO foreign ministers will seek to narrow divisions over Ukraine's membership bid at a meeting in Oslo this week, with allies at odds over calls to grant Kyiv a road map to accession at their July summit.

NATO has not acceded to Ukraine's request for fast-track membership as Western governments such as the U.S. and Germany are wary of moves that they fear could take the alliance closer to entering an active war with Russia.