It would be inappropriate to admit Ukraine to NATO amid the ongoing conflict with Russia as this move would mean the beginning of war with Russia and US President Joe Biden promised that would not happen during his administration, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, discussed Turkey's bid to join the European Union and Sweden's accession to NATO at the alliance's summit in Lithuania, the Turkish presidential office said on Tuesday

The United States will host the next NATO summit in 2024, and the Netherlands will host a summit in 2025, the alliance said in its communique on Tuesday

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Tuesday that Turkish and Hungarian parliaments could ratify his country's bid for NATO membership in coming days or weeks

Belgium plans to reach defense spending at 2% level by 2035, fully supporting the corresponding NATO initiative, Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said before the beginning of the NATO summit in Vilnius