Brussels: Europe and the Arabs - Agencies 
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance must strengthen its support for Ukraine in the long term. This came in an interview by Stoltenberg with a German newspaper, commenting on preparations for the summit on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the alliance scheduled in Washington in mid-July. It was reported by the Ukrinform news agency. Official Ukrainian.
"We must ensure that we have sufficient resources to deter and defend, and that NATO is preparing to play a much greater role in coordinating security support and training for Ukraine," Stoltenberg said.
He explained that this requires long-term financial commitments in order for this support to have a stronger and clearly predictable basis, calling on NATO countries to provide more support to Ukraine.
"It is not too late for Ukraine to win. We must send more weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, including anti-aircraft systems and long-range weapons," he added.
At the same time, the NATO Secretary General called for the Allies to have plans to replenish their military stocks and increase the production of weapons and ammunition.
On the other hand, the NATO Secretary General stressed that while support for Ukraine is being strengthened for its self-defense, there are no plans to send NATO forces to Ukraine or expand the NATO air defense umbrella to include Ukraine. Stressing that NATO will not become part of the conflict.
This came after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his belief that Ukraine would not join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the near future, according to "Russia Today."
Schulz said during a public meeting held with citizens in Berlin: “One of the reasons mentioned at the time for the outbreak of war was that Ukraine was supposed to join NATO. And you know the decisions taken by previous NATO summits, this is not expected to happen in the future.” "In the near future, and perhaps unexpected during the next thirty years, I said this publicly during the visit I made to Moscow at the beginning of 2022."
Schulz added: I spoke about this, also in Kiev, two and a half years ago, and the matter was clear to everyone.
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien said on May 24 that NATO will not invite Ukraine to join its ranks during the July summit to be held in Washington, but will provide it with significant assistance.
On May 25, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance currently has no idea when Ukraine will be able to join it.
For his part, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the actions of European Union leaders create the risk of the outbreak of a Third World War, describing Brussels' policy as a "military obsession," according to Russia Today.
He said in an interview, “Perhaps within 10 years, the current developments will be described as a prelude to World War III or even as an integral part of it, if the European Union does not stop its military madness.”
According to Orban, European countries must take matters into their own hands, influence the European Union, and prevent the “military obsession” that has developed in Brussels from influencing the situation in the world.
He added: "It cannot be ruled out that if things go badly and we are not able to control the growing military mania in Brussels, the history of these years will also be considered part of the first years of a great world war."
Orban criticized the European Union's attempts to get involved in the conflict in Ukraine, stressing that Brussels does not evaluate its capabilities and does not care about the cost of such initiatives.
He also criticized the idea of reinstating general compulsory conscription in the European Union, saying that Budapest opposes making such decisions without taking into account the opinion of the Hungarian people.
Orban had said earlier that he sees the actions of the leaders of the European Union countries and the statements of a number of Western politicians and media as indicators that Europe is preparing to start a war with Russia.