Ukraine will take part in the United States-led Summit for Democracy this week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening address..

“We are preparing for an important international event that will take place this week at the initiative of President Biden and the United States. Summit for Democracy. Ukraine will take part. Our position in support of freedom will sound, as always, strong,” he said..

This summit is a US foreign policy initiative designed to strengthen democracy around the world and stop the rise of autocracies..

Representatives of 120 countries of the world are invited to it. Two NATO countries did not receive invitations: Turkiye and Hungary.

The U.S. is still pinning its hopes on Turkey and Hungary to counter Russian influence, media reports say, but there is growing concern in the White House about the two countries' retreat from democratic values..

The main topic of discussion during the Summit, according to the Deputy Head of the US Department of State Vedanta Patel, will be the need to end the war in Ukraine and restore world order. In addition, according to the speaker, the summit participants will discuss other topics related to the future of democracy both in the US and in the global context..

As previously reported, Turkey supported Finland's application for NATO membership, but so far is blocking the path to the Alliance for Sweden..

On Monday, March 27, Finland's accession to NATO was also ratified by the Hungarian Parliament..

What Turkiye, Sweden and Finland agreed on during the joint talks on March 9? What are the chances of Stockholm and Helsinki that the Turkish parliament will approve their applications before the start of the NATO summit in Vilnius? Or at least until the end of the year? The answers to these questions are in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko “Earthquake diplomacy: will Sweden and Finland be allowed into NATO”?