Rasmussen: NATO is ready to rapprochement with Ukraine in case of change of its non-aligned status
NATO is ready to discuss steps to further rapprochement with Ukraine if Kyiv change private non-aligned status, said Commonwealth Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Rasmussen added that NATO adheres to the founding act of the NATO - Russia will take measures of collective protection only within its framework, RIA " Novosti ". Regarding NATO rapprochement with Georgia Rasmussen said that it can affect the General teachings on the area of the country and creation of the training center. Also, NATO's Secretary General said that the Alliance creates a fresh response forces, ITAR-TASS reported. On Sunday, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka said that the entry of Ukraine into NATO does not have the opportunity to be considered. On the last working day of the week the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has made the initiative again and begin the course of Ukraine to join NATO and asked the Alliance of " practical assistance ". On Tuesday, the Director of the NATO information Bureau in the Russian Federation Robert Pszczel said that NATO until no plans to offer Ukraine and Georgia joining the Alliance, but from a formal point of view they have a chance to take even when territorial issues. August 27, Rasmussen said that NATO in the first place their troops on bases in Eastern Europe in response to the Ukrainian crisis and concerns of the Baltic countries.