Ukrinform
November 24, 2014
Stoltenberg confirms that Ukraine could become NATO member
KYIV: Ukraine will become a member of NATO if it fulfills the criteria required for membership of the alliance.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this at a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in The Hague on Monday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported.
“Our policy is the same. The door is open for countries which fulfill the criteria for becoming NATO allies. That’s also valid for Ukraine,” he said.
Stoltenberg said that the open-door policy had been successful for NATO and the countries that joined the alliance.
“I remember the summit in Bucharest where we decided that Ukraine will become a member, and that decision still stands, of course, providing that Ukraine fulfills the criteria for membership and providing that Ukraine so will,” he said.
As reported, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that in the short term the partnership between Ukraine and NATO was possible, but not the membership.
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Interfax-Ukraine
November 21, 2014
Ukraine to hold referendum on Ukraine’s accession to NATO – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said a decision on Ukraine’s accession to NATO will be made at a referendum.
“The decision on accession to NATO lies solely in the competence of the people of Ukraine […] We have made the criteria according to which Ukraine will meet NATO requirements. The people of Ukraine will only be able to decide whether to enter NATO or not at a referendum after they are achieved,” Poroshenko said at a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in Kyiv on Monday.
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