NATO Secretary General promised to accept any decision of Ukraine to join the Alliance
NATO recognizes as Ukraine's decision to connect to the Alliance and the intention not to join him, said the Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg on the result of the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine. " Ukraine is a sovereign country and the right choice of military alliances is part of its sovereignty. First of Ukraine decided to keep the non-aligned status. If it will change This decision - It will be the decision of the Ukrainian people " - quoted expression NATO Secretary General TASS. First Stoltenberg said that the Alliance will not guarantee that Ukraine will remain non-aligned." We cannot guarantee that We do not wish to give such guarantees. Because We base our policy on the principles of the open door. If countries are applying, they go through the normal process, passes conformity assessment principles. It is a question of relations Between NATO and the country, " he said. The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov 19 November said that the Russian Federation needs to take " the absolute guarantee that no country thinks about the fact that Ukraine joined NATO ". According to Peskov, the gradual accommodation of Commonwealth troops closer to the borderline with Russia has made Moscow " restless ". However, on November 21, the party of Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who collected the largest number of votes in the last elections to the Verkhovna Rada, called the main purpose created the ruling coalition is not the conclusion of the economy from falling and not even the restoration of the " unity " of the country, and Ukraine's accession to NATO. Remember also that before the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO is not on the agenda. The Ukrainian head Petro Poroshenko agreed that at this stage Ukraine cannot join NATO.