US Senator Lindsey Graham says Ukraine is a “gold mine” with $12 trillion worth of critical minerals, which the West “can’t afford to lose”. US companies want these resources, and Washington hopes to block China’s access to them to hurt its tech industries.
Interestingly, Stoltenberg has revealed that he met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest on Wednesday morning and that the Hungarian leader made clear that his country “would not participate in these NATO efforts.”
“I have stated that I accept that position… Hungary will not send personnel to these activities and will not contribute to the NATO pledge,” Orbán said. “At the same time, Prime Minister Orbán made it clear that of course they would adhere to all their NATO obligations.”
Stoltenberg is urging members of the alliance to use “strong language” when it comes to membership, but also introduced a key caveat that he has not clearly expressed before in prior addresses on the topic: Ukraine must prevail in the war with Russia if it hopes to be a full member.
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