Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told the country’s security
council that staying out of the Nato alliance was a “criminal” policy
that his government is ready to reverse.
Ukraine has
been fighting with separatist rebels in the east since April 2014 in
which more than 8,000 have died.Russia backed the rebels, fearing that
the pro-Western course of the new Kiev government will make it a Nato
ally.Mr
Poroshenko, who chaired the security council with Nato
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in attendance, said he intends to
change the decision against joining the organisation.He added, however,
that it will up to a popular vote to decide on the membership.Nato
officials have made clear that Ukraine needs to enact political,
economic, social and military reforms to be considered for membership.
source : http://www.irishexaminer.com
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