Minister of foreign Affairs of Austria: Flirt Ukraine and NATO will strengthen security in the European Union

According to the comments of the Minister for European Affairs, integration and foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurtz, flirting Kiev with NATO will not help to strengthen the European security and settlement of the situation in Ukraine.
" I am confident that the flirtation of Ukraine with NATO, we did not bring it, " he said in an interview " the Agency Azeri-Press, noting that now Kiev " there are no prospects of accession to the Alliance, reports TASS. Kurz believes that Ukraine in General, and Austria, more suitable to adhere to the policy of neutrality." Ukraine, of course, have to take a sovereign decision where to move. If Kiev will choose the path of neutrality and ask our advice, then it will be legitimate to send our specialists to support them in this process ", - the Minister added. In his vision, Europe and Russia, it is advisable to work towards closer integration spaces." The European Union and the Eurasian economic Union is in many ways opposed to each other, " said Minister of foreign Affairs." I think we only win If we work in Order to bring them closer together. To such countries as Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, it was not necessary to make a choice in favor of one of them, So that these countries could converge with the European Union, but keep economic ties with Russia ", - said Kurz. On the first day of the week, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the decree about the withdrawal of the state from non-aligned status. First on the same day it was announced that the famous Ukrainian politicians, including the 1st head of state Leonid Kravchuk, joined the initiative group for the creation of the movement " Ukraine - NATO ", hoping that it will help in 2015 to be held on Ukraine referendum on joining NATO. Last week, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the proposal of the President of Petro Poroshenko has adopted the law on the refusal of the state from non-aligned status and resume course to join NATO. Deputy defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that Ukraine's decision to cancel the non-aligned status, to which Kiev has pushed the country to the North Atlantic Commonwealth, exacerbates the situation in the country. Its part of the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that NATO's further enlargement will force the Russian Federation to take the necessary measures and will lead to serious changes in the world.


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