US Secretary of State Blinken says Ukraine will be NATO member

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, on the day of a bilateral meeting with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (not pictured), at the NATO Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2024. /Johanna Geron/Pool

BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that Ukraine will eventually join NATO as support for the country remains "rock solid" among member states.

"Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership," Blinken told reporters in Brussels.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by GV De Clercq)