The Klintsevich: regions of Ukraine will never agree on NATO membership
The Eastern and Western regions of Ukraine will never agree on the issue of membership in NATO, according to the 1st Deputy head of the faction " United Russia " in the state Duma Franz Klintsevich.
The referendum on Ukraine's accession to NATO has made a proposal to hold the Batkivshchyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko at the same time with the elections to the Verkhovna Rada.
" the message Tymoshenko - cheap populist reception, attempt to attract the attention drugged nationalist frenzy voter. At the same time she can't understand that membership in NATO is the problem for which the Western and Eastern regions of Ukraine, As the mountains in the popular proverb, will never converge. Or for Tymoshenko South-East of Ukraine is already someone else's land?" said Klintsevich reporters on Wednesday.
" It is surprising that Yulia Tymoshenko made their own proposal today, until October 26 (as amended - elections to the Ukrainian Parliament) there are still four days. After all, you can nominate her and just yesterday, for example, on the first day of the weekend in the evening, Or better yet, just attach the appropriate paper to the election ballot. As they say in such cases, chickenshit, " said the Klintsevich.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on August 29, submitted to the Parliament the law on the abolition of non-aligned status and resume course to join NATO. As said the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the purpose of Kiev, " the special status between Ukraine and NATO ". Later, however, the Committee on problems of national security and defense Glad recommended to consider the question of the abolition of the non-aligned status of Ukraine's new Parliament.
Attitude to the question of the accession of Ukraine to NATO reflects the contradictions between its Eastern and Western regions: the former tend to Russia and take this opportunity As a threat, and the latter is considered the chance to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic space. The third head of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010) took a course on the country's accession to NATO, but his successor Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014) has achieved a legislative recognition of the non-aligned status of Ukraine.