The head of the British Ministry of Defense advocates Ukraine’s simplified accession to NATO.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace believes that Ukraine should be able to “skip” the NATO Membership Action Plan on its way to joining the Alliance, reported SKY News. “I think we should absolutely consider skipping the Membership Action Plan,” Wallace said.

At the same time, the British minister admitted that issues related to Ukraine’s accession to NATO will not be resolved quickly. He also considers it unlikely that all issues regarding security guarantees for Ukraine will be resolved before the NATO summit in Vilnius, which will take place in July.

Earlier, British Foreign Minister James Cleverley said that London would be very supportive if Ukraine could go through a simplified process of joining NATO.