Secretary of Council of national security and defence of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov has shown the strategy of national security of Ukraine until 2020, according to Kyiv considers her membership in NATO is the only guarantee of its territorial integrity.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on December 23 last year made changes to 2 of the law of the country, renouncing non-aligned status of the country. The Ukrainian authorities believe that He could not guarantee the country's safety. Kiev took a course to join NATO.
"Ukraine reserves the possibility of participation in systems of collective security. We see NATO membership only guarantee the integrity of Ukraine ", - said Turchinov.
He said that this strategy is the main document of military planning, " strategy designed to be implemented by 2020. Main objectives - development of rules for the resumption of territorial integrity, restoration of peaceful development, integration into the EU ". According to him, the strategy identifies the main threats to corruption, economic crisis, the decrease of standard of living, the danger of industrial and information security.
He also revealed that in the medium term, the army will be formed based on the mixed principle. In addition, according to his statement, for the period from January this year, the army delivered more than 50 new aircraft.
former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Ukraine's accession to the Alliance, it will need to achieve a number of features, implementation of which will leave a large number of time. While NATO does not accept countries that have territorial discussions, and Ukraine claims to the Crimea, which became part of Russia following a referendum in March. Experts believe that Ukraine will not be able to qualify for membership in NATO in the next 20 years.
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