KIEV, Ukraine – The Ukrainian president on Monday signed a bill dropping his country’s nonaligned status but signalled that he will hold a referendum before seeking NATO membership.
The bill, which Parliament adopted last week and Petro Poroshenko signed into the law at a news conference on Monday, has angered Moscow which called it a threat to its own and Europe’s security.
Poroshenko said he is working to reform the Ukrainian economy and its military forces to meet European Union and NATO standards, but he will leave it up to Ukrainian citizens to decide in a popular vote whether to join NATO …read more
Source: Metro News
