Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects that in 2030 the country will become a full member of NATO.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects that in 2030 the country will become a full member of NATO. Ukraine’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said this in a video message on her Facebook page.

In particular, he stressed that the debate on the future membership of Ukraine in the Alliance should be taken to a higher level.

According to Dzhaparova, NATO should look for opportunities to expand and strengthen partnerships with Ukraine and Georgia, which are fighting for membership and are under constant external and internal pressure from Russia.

He also stressed that sanctions against the Russian Federation should not only be updated, but also tightened.

“Ukraine is optimistic. In 2030, we see ourselves as a full member of the Alliance. In this context, the provision of a membership action plan to Ukraine will become a powerful new impetus to move forward on the path of the reforms and mobilization of efforts in order to achieve the membership criteria, “said Dzhaparova.

Ukraine stepped up cooperation with NATO in 2014 in the context of Russia’s occupation of Crimea and the armed conflict in Donbass. At the end of 2014, the 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 is a priority task.

On March 9, 2018, NATO announced 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 introducing 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 annual Ukraine-NATO national program.