NATO summit likely to offer support to Ukraine

NATO leaders will gather in Vilnius next week aiming to overcome divisions on Ukraine's push for a path to membership and end Türkiye's block on Sweden joining the transatlantic military alliance. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U-S President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be among the 31 NATO leaders attending the summit in the small Baltic state.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a pre-summit press conference ahead of the Vilnius Summit in NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 07 July 2023. EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS Source: AAP / OLIVIER MATTHYS/EPA

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