The United States and its NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine should have an irreversible path to membership in the alliance and are enshrining the phrase in a document to be released during this week's summit in Washington, U.S. and allied officials say.
The document will not lay out an exact timeline for membership, which the Ukrainians have been asking for, and will insist that Ukraine first prove it can manage corruption and abide by strong democratic and law-based governance conditions set for other alliance members, officials say.
U.S. and allied officials are negotiating the commitments they plan to make to Ukraine with new urgency, given the uncertainty over whether President Biden can win re-election this fall.
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