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"Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday rejected the possibility of Ukraine joining the transatlantic military alliance in its current framework. "It is completely unrealistic to expect Ukraine to become a full member," Plenkovic said in Agia Napa, where he was taking part in an informal meeting of heads of state and government. "What is realistic is that perhaps in a creative way, a new framework might be found that would send a certain signal." With full NATO membership stalled by the complexities of Article 5 and a nuclear-armed Russia, leaders are searching for another route, acknowledging the political impossibility of full integration while seeking to secure Ukraine’s future amid wavering US attention and the escalating crisis in the Middle East. Speaking on US President Donald Trump’s threat to expel Spain from NATO, he said, "It is something that does not warrant their attention or any serious consequences [...] Trump often announces somewhat unexpected things." The comments come after media reports that the US is considering expelling Spain from the military alliance over a lack of support in the Iran war. NATO and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have denied the reports, adding that there is no such provision in its framework. EU leaders and their counterparts from Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria are in Cyprus to discuss the conflict in the Middle East."
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