Ukraine at this stage too early to join NATO, said the head of the country's Petro Poroshenko in an interview to the German newspaper Bild.
" There is a prospect of accession to the European Union. Even if we sent a request to join NATO, the unit itself was not ready. Only when we are implementing reforms in Ukraine and will continue to meet the criteria, then we will be able to ask the population if they want to join the Alliance, " he said, answering the question whether there is the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO, reports TASS. First NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO is not on the agenda. In the last month of summer it was announced that NATO until no plans to offer Ukraine membership in the Alliance, but from a formal point of view her have a chance to take even When territorial issues. However, in July the head of the Ministry of defense Jean-Yves Le Drian acknowledged that Ukraine's integration into the military structure of the North Atlantic Commonwealth now has the ability to be perceived as a manifestation of the hostility of the West towards Russia.


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