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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine is seeking an action plan for membership in NATO.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba participated in the online conference “Road to the Warsaw Security Forum” on November 17, during who stated that Ukraine is trying to get a plan of action for membership in NATO. About that reported the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“The only alternative to provide Ukraine with a membership action plan is Ukraine’s membership in NATO,” the minister said.
He said that the majority of Ukrainians support Ukraine’s accession to NATO, this support is growing from year to year.
According to Kuleba, NATO’s eastern flank should actively cooperate with Ukraine and Georgia, which are seeking to become members of the Alliance.
“We are all natural allies in the Black Sea. Ukraine will welcome all instruments and formats to strengthen NATO’s presence in the Black Sea region, which will also include the active participation of Ukraine and Georgia,” the foreign minister stressed.
Ukraine stepped up cooperation with NATO in 2014 amid Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the armed conflict in Donbas. In late 2014, Verkhovna Rada adopted a law providing for Ukraine’s abandonment of its policy of non-alignment.
According to the Military Doctrine of Ukraine, adopted in 2015, deepening cooperation with NATO and achieving full compatibility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the armies of NATO member countries by 2020 is a priority task.
On March 9, 2018, NATO reported that it would recognize Ukraine as a graduate country, a candidate for membership in the Alliance.
In December 2019, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Ukraine and Georgia will be members of the Alliance, but it is too early to determine the exact deadline for accession.
On February 7, 2019, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a law that introduces into the Constitution a provision on the strategic course of the state for the acquisition of Ukraine’s full membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The law went into effect on February 21.
On February 5, 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the new quality Ukraine-NATO annual national program.
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