The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Andriy Parubiy, has declared that joining NATO is a strategic goal for the country and that parliament is wholeheartedly behind the initiative.
Ukraine largely maintained a non-alliance policy in the years following its 1991 independence from the Soviet Union. However, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Kiev has pushed for deepening ties with the West.
A new government formed during the recent crisis declared NATO membership a goal for the first time since Kiev affirmed its non-aligned status in 2010. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree in February, opening the first official NATO …read more
Source: Newsweek
