Desire Kiev authorities to join NATO may not affect the de-escalation of conflict in Ukraine, said the speaker of the state Duma Sergey Naryshkin.

on the last working day of the week the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that his government submits to the Parliament a law on the abolition of non-aligned status of Ukraine and the renewal rate for membership in NATO.

" I don't see how this could affect the de-escalation of conflict, " said Naryshkin in an interview to television channel, answering the question whether the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to help improve the situation in the country.

The head of the lower house suggested that the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO may occur later.

" Clearly, he (question) will arise and it will be subject to large negotiations which, Clearly, will be Russia, because we are not indifferent attitude toward what NATO is promoting its borders to the borders of the Russian Federation ", - said Sergey Naryshkin.

However, in his vision, At the present time the question of Ukraine's membership in NATO is not negotiable and is not some argument to Ukraine recovered world.


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.

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