Ukraine should abandon the non-aligned status, military confrontation in the East of the country is not an obstacle to its accession to NATO, said on Sunday in the broadcasting company Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the country Daniel Lubkivskyi.
" The experience and history of the Commonwealth confirms it ", - noted the Deputy head of the Ukrainian foreign Ministry.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the last working day of the week said that the Cabinet, according to the decision of the Council of national security and defence (NSDC), brought to the Parliament act, which proposes to abolish the non-aligned status of the country and to take the course for NATO membership.
" When will be cancelled status of non-alignment, then we will think About the next steps, " he added.
NATO documents do not allow the membership of the Commonwealth countries that have territorial discussions, Ukraine claims to the Crimea, which became part of Russia according to the results of the referendum in March this year.
Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine read
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