Kiev welcomed the idea of creating a European army

Ukraine should be viewed as a state that could strengthen the overall security policy and defence of the European Union, and among them in the context of the idea of a European army, said Ukrainian foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.
"The idea of the army EC interesting. It is necessary for the current moment drive. This is a clear manifestation of the desire for greater unity of Europe for the protection of common values. Can This desire be welcomed, "said Klimkin in conversation" European truth." The security of Europe must be saved immediately, for this reason, moving towards mutual army, the EU now needs to strengthen its role in ensuring regional security. The EU's ability to adequately respond to the aggression of Russia - This is a test of the effectiveness of the European Union, " said Klimkin. Klimkin said that Ukraine should be viewed as a state that could strengthen the overall security policy and defence of the EU, and among them in the context of the idea of a European army." Indeed, the experience of Ukraine's participation in EU operations in support of peace and security, the involvement of our military might to the formation of a common with the countries-members of EU battle groups, is positive, " - noted the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Before Wednesday, The Daily Telegraph said that in the case of creating a United European army would be useless, because the EU will not be able to come to a consensus with each other. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the army of the EU should not duplicate the Alliance of the Commonwealth, all actions must be complementary. Remember, on 8 March, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said that the European Union ought to make your own army as an instrument of promoting the interests of Europe in the world. The head of Finland Sauli Niinisto supported the idea of creating a European army, as Chancellor Angela Merkel. However, the Polish foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna has called the proposal Juncker " very risky idea." Schetyna said that, in his opinion, the guarantee of security in the European Union is NATO, and at the present time should be strengthened it is the North Atlantic Alliance. In addition, Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb said that the European Union States are unlikely decides to build competing with NATO military system. A similar message was also made by the foreign Minister of Estonia Kate Pentus-Rosimannus. At the same time The Economist reminds us that the fifth article of the North Atlantic Treaty, involving the development of a system of collective protection of the NATO countries, has a number of reservations and may not work, for example, in the case of the Baltic States.


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